Security and Justice in Post-Conflict Somalia

Question: Describe about the Security and Justice in Post-Conflict Somalia. Answer: Security and justice in post-conflictSomalia Somalia has had to put up with the wrath of civil war for a long time in the present days. The country had faced several conflicts and mass violence which has affected its economic, political, social development. The Somali Civil War crossed the line of resistance in the mid 80s when the SiadBarre Regime was removed and since then the country has been suffering this blight. In the recent past the country has been successful in coming out of the long civil war and has been able to establish or develop a government but it is still experiencing the aftermath of the war. Even though the country had managed to come out from this situation of the war this countrys government has bigger works to do and the president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has to come out and undertake necessary approaches for the growth and development of the country. As the country had been now coming out from the civil war that took a lot of time, and after the post conflicts, there was need to build proper security system and enable justice and peace within the post conflict environment. All across Somalia, there had been various kinds of entities like the political, tribal, military as well as administrative entities which had been needed to be governed so as to maintain peace and a healthy environment during the post conflict. The international community must sponsor for the national peace processes so as to establish their power and authority over the Somalian people. (Spearin, 2010). In the wake of a new Somalia the country will have to face a number of issues. In fact one of the most arduous tasks for the countrys government has been enforcing law and order in Somalia for maintaining peace. It has also faced hurdles in providing security and justice within the country and hence it has become one of the key tasks that the present government of the country has to achieve success in doing. There are in fact number of challenges that the country has to face in bringing security and justice in the country. Somalia has so far come in the headlines and has even been topic of discussion for all wrong reasons in the international arena. The country had faced several conflicts and mass violence, which had resulted in the death of many people. It also did not possess any kind of functional central government since the year 1991. The political aspects had also affected this post conflict environment by controlling the positions and revenue system that had further weakened t he effectiveness of the functioning of regional administration in Somalia. The Government and other regulatory bodies like WHO and UNICEF had also helped to take care of the health and safety of people of Somalia, thereby trying to bring peace and justice as well. Somalia was a place of complicated political as well as security environment which had been faced with famine, violence and poverty. Building security in Somalia has been affected with the increase in political conflicts against the regime as the government has not been able to handle terrorism and it has mobilised huge amount of money to get support from the common people and hence the government has not been able to get ample support from the commoners. One of the major issues in this case that remains for the government to eliminate is terrorism to restore peace in the country which is likely to bring justice in the country.After the civil war the faith of the common people has been shaken and injustice has prevailed si nce then. The continual act of terrorism and piracy has not allowed the government to work on anything else which has affected the law and order in the country (MacCallum, 2005). Children and young people have known Somalia for its sprouting and breeding of pirates which is not at all fictitious and is one of the major reasons that Somalia government has not been able to work on securing and providing justice within the country. It is important to mention that Terrorism and Piracy together have been a major concern for the government in the country and this stands tall among all the challenges that the country faces at this point of time. For piracy and terrorism Somalis have had no respite and the recent addition has been terrorism (Hesse, 2013). Terrorist groups like Boko Haram, Some African rebel groups and even some part of ISIS are active in the country and have tormented people in the country which has even affected the government. Their failures in putting up law, security and justice have become tough for the government. These groups also created warlords within the country and work on organized crimes that the government has not been able to eliminat e and one of the key reasons being its weak defense and lack of planning (MacCallum, 2005). Presently Somalias security and justice department is funded by the international community but it is not sustainable and the constant attack of the pirates and terrorists in and out of the country has affected it perilously stopping all kinds of developmental works. Terrorist groups like Boko Haram and Isis have been active in the country and organize crime activities which have not only intimidated the common people but have devastated any plans of putting up effective security and justice system within the nation (Marangio, 2012). It is extremely important to note that building up effective security and justice system within the country require strong support from the people but the citizens of the country are already affected by famines, plagues and poverty which doesnt help them to concern about anything else. At the same time regular terrorist and pirate activities within the country have collapsed the faith and dependence on the government which also doesnt help in building ef fective security and justice system within the country. Finally to conclude it is extremely important to mention that piracy and terrorism has bred non-cooperation among the youths in the country that so far the Somalia government has not been able to eliminate and this has crept in more problems for the country as well as the government. 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