clan members with everyone giving what they can and sums ranging from $5.00 to $200.00. ok everyone listen to me i'm good aman you should pay $20.00. 0. 00 people ever refuse to pay do. people refuse to pay they're punished we give the orders here for. a functioning clan system rules out the need for state sanctioned justice several times. since the civil war broke out the clans prefer to work things out between ourselves so much it could lead to love. until it is a real national government we can't rely on the judiciary in this country is going to let you know that. you did but the defendant will only be released once the victim's family received the $50000.00 they've been promised and that could take months. to regain the somali people stressed and government

a new generation of leaders are risking their lives and getting into politics. this fortress is home to one of the most powerful men in the country the mayor of mogadishu abdirahman omar osman. he invited us to spend a day in his company. some of the tradition of press. and general what it's called is similar to a bank shake or even a homicide literally extol slow and very delicious. what are your tasks as the mayor of mogadishu. but if i didn't want to. remedy those. rabbit dictation. challenges just couldn't in the city

where. we have. improved or not a moment i want to. he travels everywhere in an armored car and supported by at least 10 police officers. on the other. despite the risks. chose to leave a peaceful life in europe to return to somalia. kim back through. the u.k. . 11 years ago when i was working in the local government and so i left my job my family and 200 of my people and that's why. i came back. from the u.k.

how did you become mayor. and the press are pointed in the. hearings are there no elections in somalia another moment but rio walking toward the sheraton and the election so the near future. there's a special greeting by the chief of his personal guard when he arrives at the town hall. want to. know. that the mayor of mogadishu is one of the country's most influential politicians he oversees $2600.00 civil servants. who used to be employees still haven't received their wages. with an annual budget of $33000000.00 the city barely has enough to pay its staff. however

a lot of investment is needed to reestablish order in mogadishu it's an issue that takes up most of the mayor's time sometimes even through the night. after dark his personal security is doubled. and he's a scored at home by a convoy of 20 police officers. but it could lead. to having a. good seat chiefs because there are terrorists to do that talks to us metric welfare. there who have to be prepared i was said of service in this west said if you tell people now we need to be absolutely sure that we are safe and sound and i don't think anything on the ground is i'm going to go to give you a little bit of money this evening the mayor is eager to show he's not afraid to walk through the city at night. but it's

a fraught situation for his security detail. answer her it's going all the corners . of the judge using their small little susan to come up on the court so we. have some rational. and logical can something happen any time any found but i doubt it is very she hasn't seen a dish full force this is a show off today where there they come face to. the evening draws to a close in a restaurant in the city center every. now and a. lot of them over 100 there for most here it's extremely rare to get this close to any of their representatives we really never see the man on the government's role model some of these are all that deny that i'm the president not looking on. the streets night. calling for a serious that's all this and that but not if we see the mire on the corners of

this not at all the government who cannot fight this is something good with the base. but the roman omar osman's attempts to bring peace to mogadishu were cut short. with 0. 3 weeks later on july 24th 2019 he was holding a reception for the u.n. special representative for somalia. a bomb went off killing 7 people. the u.n. envoy james swan escaped unhurt but mayor omar also a man was seriously wounded he was flown to qatar for treatment but died a week later of his injuries. leading national figures were among those paying a final homage to him. this is the person behind the attack. of

visually impaired woman who'd worked. closely with the mayor for more than 2 years . after the attack it came to light that she'd been an undercover agent for the terror group al-shabaab and she'd worn an explosive vest and also died in the attack. after weeks of negotiation we managed to get in touch with a former member. we meet at a secret location in the center of town so this is. a father of 2 says he was forced to join the jihad ists when they took over control of his region. al-shabaab members have infiltrated themselves into many parts of somali society. they're all over the city there's no way to recognize them. some have pistols all over mogadishu's yes all over

mogadishu. and the judge who says there are spies collecting important information to you others obtain money through bribery and corruption will go well and i mean even ministers and politicians have to pay as they were doing. so they are stronger than the government i would look at of course someone who's ready to die is stronger than anyone else. in 2015 mario a left and became an informer for the government. police patrols on the city limits are aimed at preventing round the clock attacks by al shabaab militants. mohammad j. go heads the elite team. his officers were trained by the us army.

was on the how life was our objective 2 days to patrol the entry and exit points of the city there were also some checkpoints to inspect on the way. we're headed to the city's most dangerous places. the checkpoints on the edge of mogadishu. our driver is on alert during the entire journey. a video that we're shown as evidence of how often the police and army fall target to car bomb attacks.

on. al shabaab territory begins around 15 kilometers south of mogadishu. the security officers at the checkpoints here are particularly rigorous. in the money even the most santosh up close to pass through he come from run territory. masai search everyone is there often al-shabaab members among them and. i'll go on but if we find weapons or bombs they were arrested here go and tell them well this is the city's most important checkpoint stop what they want but they will listen to what. mohammad jango himself has often been the target of islamised attacks. the wreckage here is the remains of a recent truck bombing which killed dozens of people. just

a little further on there's an improvised bunker using cement blocks and sheet metal. that's inside it and agent from the intelligence services armed with nothing more than a laptop of photos of potential suspects sent by informers across the country. all up to you know anyone who passes through here is logged in this files we record everything with we have the identities of the individuals and their license plate numbers you know where today the computer pays off. during a routine search at the checkpoint one of the police officers recognizes a young man has a body couldn't get there. from the one with a cradle chief who looks like someone in the finals yeah. richard got sober how

you'll tell on my he's you know into the police we've got information on him here and we'll push through our inquiries like they are god but it's a feeling we believe he's an member so we'll keep him here and check him out. oh i should kill him or just on a lot of time. shortly afterwards the young man is transferred to mogadishu's main prison. the 200 year old bill. right in the heart of the city is one of africa's oldest prisons. behind its walls are some of the most dangerous criminals and terrorists in the country. many of them al-shabaab members. where the 1st camera team allowed to film inside. just like.

the prison warden himself takes us on a tour. there are some 700 prisoners incarcerated here. so do most amount or as you shouldn't get too close to them. want. but some of them are clearly just children then i think i can yourselves come back something that i measure the most and. how many people to a cell with it was going to do they know that to infinity and 50 depending on how many beds are in each south federal to do that he agrees to open a cell for us to get out of area where everyone on g.o.p. adds at the. time and. we don't know what the time is that this mylar conceals a deadly threat. and. i think the trial ought to tell the story

such eventually the guard opens up for us. in the prison officer escorting us isn't carrying a gun if a gun more to be stolen it could be used against them and their fellow officers no no. no no no no. no. this is not inferior to them it's over 40 degrees in the cells. like i'm not. going to lie. there's one bathroom for 30 inmates. most of the prisoners cooped up here are serving sentences of at least 15 years. they do. no running water and

packed into overcrowded cells the united nations has condemned these conditions for years. they got it the warden takes advantage of our visit to show us some of the rehabilitation programs in place. in this part of the prison inmates can volunteer to work in various workshops for example metal workers fix the prison beds. in the carpentry shop they build windows and fake wooden rifles which are brought out for military parades. i like most of the people here are all shipped out there are also thieves and rapists we also have some who are just disrespectful to their parents as well as into.

the prisoners or paint $2.00 a day which they receive the day of their release it's meant to be start up capital for a new life. or sunrise some of them i was an al-shabaab militia i've been here for 10 years i've got 3 live on the corruption i'm an expert in teaching now and i'd like to do it as a career when i get out of the. the warden's proudest achievement is the orchestra. police and prisoners played together guided by a kenyan conductor. once a month. i

. i. i. i. i. this former jihadi has been in prison for 5 years and is now learning to play the xylophone. look of who we were it was always my dream to become a musician so i took the celtic unity as soon as it was presented to me i just. want to see here in new what a goal is to change the prisoners mentality we want to change them as people so they can reintegrate into society most of. these rehabilitation programs are funded by donations from all over the world somalia gets around $2000000000.00

a year in international aid. unfortunately almost half of that money ends up disappearing unaccounted for. for security reasons the large international organizations are grouped together near mogadishu airport on the sea front. walls and razor wire surround the compound. around 2000 and or national workers live and work inside the sprawling united nations complex here. up until june 2020 justin brady spent 8 years coordinating the un's humanitarian aid for somalia. every single building is fortified to withstand heavy fire. here fire coming in right now and we have no place else to go we would shelter in that for of it until we do an all clear site

and we can move. the compound has been attacked several times over the past few months the u.n. invests a large part of its budget and protecting its employees. first security and access and that's why we have one of the highest cost of doing business in the world a normal vehicle cost much more than a soft good vehicle all of my snap protective vests and helmets whether they need them or not i have to supply them in our cost of doing business is much higher than any other place i've i've worked with like $30.00 or 40 percent i don't want to speculate but yeah it's much higher. the workers living in these privileged compounds earn at least $10000.00 a month a financial incentive for coming to work in one of the world's deadliest places people here travel in armored cars and fly in private jets creating high costs that

eat into the aid money meant for the somali people. out in the field it's hard to see where the aid goes. the wall barry maternity clinic for example is the option for thousands of women if they want to give birth in a medical environment without paying. it's financed by action against hunger a french n.g.o.s that's been in somalia since 1902. and there are only 3 midwives for over $140.00 consultations and 20 deliveries a day. in this unsanitary space. and how i should not wish to put in it for us we have sterile gloves protective glasses and a mask and the can. over crowded rooms

mean the women are asked to leave just 24 hours after giving birth. is. somalia's infant mortality rate is one of the highest in the world at 10 percent. the shortage of aid often affects the weakest members of society 1st. but. when people call the emergency services it's often already too late. is a dentist by profession. when the civil war broke out over 30 years ago he founded the city's only ambulance service. there we have a 25 under way it's quite all it's a little like you know to. service

answers around 20 call outs a day and each time is a matter of life or death. also we have an emergency in the north of the city patient needs to get to the hospital and we'll know more when we can help. and they've been called out to a small clinic to treat a 4 year old girl. she's been here for a week but her condition is worsening. the local doctors are completely out of their depth. to. supply the girl has to go to the city's only major hospital with a pediatric ward. her mother and uncle go with her. because we don't know what's wrong with her because the don't just didn't

tell us anything good she should have been taken to the at the hospital way earlier about how family couldn't afford it and i hope she gets better. we pray to god she would recover. the girl isn't eating anything and she's really suffering. a lack of information about her condition leaves the paramedics helpless by the time they reach the hospital the little girl has died but what. overwhelmed by grief her young mother has fainted. when i was. a little later the family is brought home to these slums outside the city. the young woman's daughter will be buried the same day as tradition dictates.

disease poverty undernourishment misery. despite the financial efforts of international organizations the situation remains catastrophic for millions of people here. widespread corruption is to blame. according to the in geo transparency somalia is the most corrupt country in the world. the billions promised by donor countries has sparked agreed further. or a field. near the airport a new fortified complex financed by the european union has been built to house its

diplomats. we were banned from filming inside. its one of the biggest compounds in the whole of the city with a budget of $135000000.00. the tender went to the french firm which coordinated work carried out by some contractors the requirement was for a compound that could house 50 visitors but this has been built with a gym a clubhouse and even a surgical operating theater. to help when the contract wrapped he'd hired a lobbyist this man so real clever there was a general in the french army with contacts in brussels. our informer i'm sure i den farrow a former employee at ra pete who worked with clare tells us he suspects a lot of corruption went on. city. he was the

company's consultant he gained a lot of experience in brussels and knew exactly how it worked over there. function he had a lot of contacts yes a lot. we managed to get our hands on a recording to play i'm sure i've done faro. it's one of a meaning that took place 3 days before the contract was awarded. to the lobbyist club where warns they'll need to pay off the e.u. decision makers to seal the deal. there are people i'm going to pass you should know these people have the power to stop the deal at any time they're taken risks so i have to give them some kind of rule one i don't know what will happen next. too it would be a shame to deprive us these people support open doors. that you don't want to get more comfort out of me they're clearly asking if you can hear

that we must thank these people in brussels who have the power to reject our proposal if they're not paid for these contracts be so sick of the reward for giving repeated the contract $4000000.00 euros. it seems illegal to me when people in the european union are being paid off something's not right. the european anti-fraud office known by the acronym all off opened an investigation into the contract. they investigated and e.u. official as well as a french m.e.p. who allegedly acted as an intermediary we contacted surreal clare who sent us this written reply i can confirm that all of your evidence is fake and unsubstantiated. the investigation is ongoing in france a series of checks were carried out at rob heeds offices where remains active

within the company. meanwhile for somalia nothing has changed the consequences of years of civil war terrorism and corruption bring little hope of peace to the 12000000 somalians suffering every day. and. to cause. a dark day for the teams at the bottom of the league last place to shut that loses sacks it's coach and plans for the 2nd division. but the competition is also struggling for relegation contenders for a defeat causing hardly any threat to the opposing teams goal kicker. 13 spondee w.

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