The effects of Federalism on Peacemaking in Mogadishu – Somalia.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20241417Keywords:
Federalism, Peace Making, Governance, Decentralization, Mogadishu-SomaliaAbstract
Abstract
The concept of federalism is not new but is still quite vague in developing countries. Somalia is the most failed state in the world after more than two decades of civil war and inter-clan conflict, which lead many Somalis to be refugee in all over the world, but know International community are supporting to see Somalia back in the world, which federalism is the corner stone of reconciliation and development, and peacemaking thought Somalia constitution is based Federal system which was agreed by Somalis in 2004,when The Transitional Federal was established as one of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) of government as defined in the Transitional Federal Charter (TFC) adopted in November 2004 by the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP). The Aim of this study is to determine and examine the effects of federalism on peacemaking, whether it has positive or negative relationship or not. Both qualitative and quantitative research design was used in this study to explore the effects of Federalism on Peacemaking, Mogadishu, Somalia. Majority of the respondents 48% who were asked questions replied that federalism has not contributed peacemaking within Mogadishu, Somalia, while 22% of the respondents did not. 36% of respondents are strongly disagreed that federalism has contributed unity of the country, while 16% of the respondents agreed that federalism has contributed. 46% replied that peace brings rule of law, while 4% of the respondents mentioned that peace did not contribute rule of law. According to the data collected from the respondents indicates that there is less power sharing so it is highly recommended that: There must be fair division of powers in order federalism to lead peacemaking in Mogadishu-Somalia. The researcher also recommended orienting and teaching the community members and community leaders to understand federalism contributing on peacemaking in Mogadishu Somalia.
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