Mooryaan

Mooryaan is a Somali word used to describe militiamen that worked for War-lords in the Somali civil-war after 1990s. Mooryaan or Moryaan may simply mean an "outlaw". they aren't motivated by politics, religious or tribal, but they are looking out for their own interest, and will do anything to survive. they are the pirates of the land, committing crimes like road-blocking, robbery, murder, rape.

History

He could be a free lancer, a renegade or a loyal to one of the warlords. But he is not stupid. His allegiance changes as quickly as the wind He squats in forlorn at road junctions, or at makeshift road barricades, chewing the inevitable Qaad, (a deadly harvest from neighbouring Kenya) waiting patiently for a vehicle to hijack.