Keywords: Participants attend a ceremony to mark Somali Youth Day in Kismaayo on May 15, 2016. The day commemorates the founding of Somali Youth League (SYL), which was the country’s first political party founded in 1943. SYL was instrumental in the country’s struggle for independence. UN Photo Participants attend a ceremony to mark Somali Youth Day in Kismaayo on May 15, 2016. The day commemorates the founding of Somali Youth League (SYL), which was the country’s first political party founded in 1943. SYL was instrumental in the country’s struggle for independence. UN Photo |