Seminar of Somalia §

(F) Day of the week: Tuesday Class: IS306 Created Time: April 20, 2021 2:24 PM Database: Class Notes Database Date: April 20, 2021 2:24 PM Days Till Date: Passed Last Edited Time: June 9, 2021 10:38 AM Type: Lecture

Delayed Election §

Current president is still in office after his term expired on Feb 2020

• Disagreement between federal & regional governments
• extended term 2 years
• condemned by western countries

Reason why it happened

• Dispute between federal government and state government (clans rebels groups)
• Extended to Feb 2021: but parliamentary election didn’t happen
  • Lead to protests → Concerned the UN → Extend AMISOM mandate → 31st Dec 2021
• The lower house approved the extension of the presidential term, but was condemned by the AU and the EU
• Parliamentary approved extension of term without election but sparked disputes

Lect:

Factions disagree on how to share power

Federal government doesn’t have legitimacy (corruption, bad governance)

• State government doesn’t support federal government

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• Urged the Federal Government and federal member states to agree on a practical model for peaceful, timely, inclusive and credible elections.
• For the UN and its members to facilitate in organizing a special conference between the Federal and state government of Somalia for mediated dialogue in establishing a formal solution in the sharing of power in Somalia.
  • peaceful transition of government
  • Urge the Federal government to prepare consensual road map with clear timelines to ensure that elections will take place
• For AMISOM to help ensure transparency in organizing a free and fair election alongside the government and to ensure a peaceful transition of government
  • for fair election to take place

Social Problems §

• Refugees: displaced millions of people

  • Kenya blocked refugees from Somalia coming to their country
  • Somalia is hosting refugees from many countries
  • Reasons
    • Extreme Weather
    • civil war Violence
    • stolen humanitarian aid

  Does solving the refugee crisis in Somalia help US national interest? What do we want to happen?

  • For members of the UN to work with NGOs, IGOs, and Regional Organizations to Provide humanitarian aid to refugee camps.

• Active terrorism of Al-Shabab (a branch of Al-Queda)

  • Help of training by US counter terrorisms
    • Recently withdrew troops and training
    • Still some commanders remain to train Somalian security though
  • Al-Shabab uses violence and threats to recruit
    • Stopping violence against civilians now
    • But still fight national government
  • the Al-Shabab in destabilizing the country
    • The delayed election
    • Distrust in Federal Govt by the state govt
  • Attacks humanitarian groups from UN and AU
    • Spend more funding to protect them

• How much does the US care about terrorism?

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• Humanitarian crisis
• Casualty due to conflicts
• COVID-1
• Famine: drought
  • Hot season insects destroying crops
  • Flooding
• Corruption: bad governance and injustice to the people
  • Military soldiers not paid well → soldiers selling their weapons on the black market
• Human rights violations
  • Women: sexual violence
  • Child abuse
• Freedom of expression
  • Reporters and civilians are suppressed punished or killed.

International Issues §

• UN lacks funding for aid relief missions in Somalia

Due to your national interest, if the success of the action won’t benefit you don’t support it.

study biden’s policy study the change, the exact plan

• People need the troops in Somalia
• But argue that the situation already got better and they don’t need the help anymore due to your national interest
• Some policy doesn’t change but change in the way its practiced