Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has mocked Australians worried about rising African gang violence in Melbourne.

The Sudanese-born former ABC presenter sparked controversy on Saturday when she took to Twitter.

'All these aussies outraged about "gangs", acting like they're not descendant of actual convicts lol,' the 26-year-old wrote.

The former ABC presenter sparked controversy on Saturday when she took to twitter

Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has mocked Australians worried about rising African gang violence in Melbourne

The tweet was met with strong opposition. 'Disappointed you are better than this @yassmin_a ... many Aussies are not from convicts and many convicts were not from "gangs" ... regardless, we should all be outraged by violent behaviour no matter the 'who' and not play politics,' wrote one woman in response.

A number of violent attacks in Melbourne over the holiday period have been linked to African migrant gangs.

On Wednesday last week, Daily Mail Australia witnessed three African teenagers spitting at police as they were arrested at the Tarneit Central shopping mall in Melbourne's west.

The flare up involved African teens and up to 20 officers.

Just three days after Christmas, in the same suburb, African youths calling themselves Menace to Society trashed the Ecoville Community Park, smashing furniture, windows and walls and spraying 'MTS' graffiti.

Only days before Christmas, 'MTS' graffiti was also scrawled on an AirBnB party house at Werribee, also in Melbourne's west.

A teenager is restrained by several police outside Tarneit Central shopping centre during a series of violent confrontations which resulted in three arrests last week

A number of violent attacks in Melbourne over the holiday period have been linked to African migrant gangs

Rocks were also pelted at police forcing them to retreat from the house, when more than 100 youths of primarily South Sudanese appearance turned on them.

On Boxing Day, a police officer was kicked in the face when he tried to arrest a 16-year boy at the Highpoint Shopping Centre at Maribyrnong.

In June, a man was struck in the head with a tomahawk when a gang of 15 men burst into a barber shop at nearby Footscray and started brawling.