Opportunities for engaging political participation are a leading way to reach an inclusive politics in which citizens can participate in the public decision-making process. PoliticalParticipationis a crucial part of democracy. In principle, it is a constructive way those members who participated in the politics should be able to further educated a democracy and the political leadership. However, the understanding and perceptions of young people in the participation of politics have remained disillusion in many countries around the world. This makes it indispensable to examine the exclusion of young people in political participation. The study used a consuming theory to study and explain the research questions. The empirical research design of the study is qualitative oriented and data was collected through semi-structural interview.Based on the observation of the study there is strong evidence to suggest that Somali youths had a particular interest in political participation. However, this interest was confined space by the influence of clan identity politics in Somalia. As claimed youths, Political leaders have come to power through purporting to represent the wishes of their clan‟s instead of promoting to the national interest. Despite the fact, young people were articulated that the adoption of the multiparty system across Somalia are crucial and abolish the contemporary institutionalized clan-based politics in the country
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The Role of Youth in Political Participation in Somalia
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