On an August morning in the Houphouet-Boigny neighborhood of Abidjan, there is the sound of cheerful conversation and lively music as young people in bright vests sweep the street clean of trash. This neighborhood clean-up – an initiative called “Operation Sweep!” – brings together youth from Houphouet-Boigny and rival neighborhood Sogephia. While today the young people are armed with brooms, rakes, wheelbarrows and shovels, not long ago they may have been more likely to meet with each other armed with more dangerous weapons.