Peacemaking Mission in Somalia Case Study

Restorative justice is a term used to refer to peacemaking when applied in criminal justice sectors. Mediation between two or more parties where a facilitator is also present as a third party is an example of peacemaking. 1 It is one of the most successful theories of resolving conflicts. It works through the interruption of the escalation process hence creating a way for warring parties to find peace even if their differences persist. This is a case study of the peacemaking mission in Somalia. Case Study of Somalia Somalia is a country in Africa that has been under civil wars for a long period, and there have been peacekeeping missions to help restore peace. It has an estimated population of about fifteen million who are ethnic Somalis who have been the inhabitant in the northern side of the country.

Most of the people in the country are Muslim. Before the wars begun, the nation was an entire beneficial center for commercial activities. Some empires in Somalia were controlled and robust trade in the region. 4 It resulted in citizens getting back to the religious and customary laws. Administration such as Puntland and Somaliland took over the northern region. In 2000, a fledgling interim federal administration was created. In 2004, Transitional Federal Government was formed, which established institutions such as the military. The recapturing of many different southern regions by the former military troops took place in 2006. 6 Also, there was a permanent rivalry and enmity with the neighbor country. There have been several peacekeeping attempts in Somalia some of which did not succeed in promoting peace.

The international community has been on the ground to enhance peace in the nation. To begin with, there was the Djibouti peace lead by the UN organization. There were several issues and initiative that aimed at restoring peace. The operating personnel was entirely Americans. The United Unions dearly received the second UNOSOM and supported by the Security Council resolution of the United Nations. The council promoted the task force to apply all the proper means possible to improve security and relief conflict in Somalia. 9 The committee pleaded the general secretary and state parties to arrange for the control and command of the armed forces. On 1992 December, George Bush of the United States commanded the US military to move to Somalia and restore peace and order.

11 The military had to promote peace in these areas by fighting against the rebel groups of Al-Shabaab and recapturing the dominated regions. The other phase was the enlargement of the security areas to the Southern parts of Somalia. The task forces achieved this objective some weeks before the planned program. The environment was more lenient than it was expected. Also, the non-governmental institutions encouraged the task force. In 1993, the general secretary handed over a recommendation to the council of security that required the UNITAF troops to be removed from Somalia and be replaced with UNOSOM the second. The US President’s mission and objective of stabilizing Somalia did not come to pass despite the significant commitment to helping. Then there was another peacemaking trial.

The Kenyan government conducted the other operation mission of peacemaking in Somalia in the year 2011. The Kenyan troops combined with the forces from Somalia to hold the peacemaking process. The two nations pleaded to work together in securing the country and carrying out military objectives. The provision in the document spelled that the Kenyan troops were not allowed to conduct any military works in the lower Juba of the Southern Somalia. 14 The mission peacemaking started as a result of the radical group of Al-Shabaab kidnapped ladies working at the Dadaab camp for refugees as medical practitioners. The act was believed to have been conducted by the Al-Shabaab militant groups since they released a media statement connecting to the abduction. The Kenyan government got an approval to deploy its troop in the Somalia land form the Transitional Federal Government.

Abdi Yusuf stated he could not identify the warplane that fought the radicals. 16 It was a statement that raised many questions about how the operations were conducted and how many groups of forces were involved in the action. However, the peacemaking mission encountered some opposition. The Somalia President claimed that despite welcoming the Kenyan backup, he was against the troops’ physical presence in the Somalia land. This information hindered the operation mission of peacemaking. The objective of the mission to eliminate the all radical groups encountered many hindrances. The Somali president seemed not to understand the negative impact the militant's groups posed to the country’s social, political and social welfare. Through the various hindrances, the Kenyan incentive to restore peace in Somalia was unsuccessful.