African Union Operations and Sustainability of Peace Building in Mogadishu Somalia
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2015-06
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Kampala International University,Master degree of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies
Abstract
The study examined the role African union operations and sustainability of peace
building in Mogadishu-Somalia. The objectives of the study were to; to investigate the
sustainability of peace building in Mogadishu-Somalia, to examine the effectiveness of
African Union intervention Peace building in Mogadishu-Somalia and to analyse the
relationship between African Union peace operations and peace building in Mogadishu
Somalia. The research used a descriptive design, descriptive co relational, cross
sectional and survey designs. It was descriptive in that it described the characteristics
of respondents in collecting data from the study population totaling 356 respondents.
Sampling technique was used to select the sample of 188 respondents from Mogadishu,
Somalia, Ministry of interior affairs committee, other community members, Parliament
committee, Local government committee were interviewed. Data was analyzed using
descriptive analysis option of SPSS, and was then presented using Pearson correlation.
It was found out that; males greatly participated in the study as represented by 58.5%
whereas 41.4% of the respondents were females; implying that African union peace
operation in Somalia involved males as they are known of their strong influence and
ability in resolving conflict compared to females. Further findings revealed, based on the
findings detailed from the respondent, it is clear that AU has made an important and
substantial contribution to improving the security situation in Somalia. In particular, this
relates to the seizure of Mogadishu from ai-Shabaab in 2011. This turn of events was
facilitated by several factors, including the 2010 authorization of an increase in AU troop
numbers, which increased the manpower of the mission. The study recommends that a
shortage of funds prevents the AU from producing a substantial peacekeeping mission.
This reality therefore prescribes the AU to investigate more economically efficient
means of attaining peace; mediation has proven promising in this regard as has peace
building and preventative diplomacy. Also for regionalism to take hold there must be
some economic inter dependency. African union in this vain requires the AU membership
to maintain the development of infrastructure and economic interdependence between
members. However, a large caveat to this is infrastructure in Africa most likely
originates from foreign investment overseas. This requires AU membership to be
economically dependent upon foreign investment rather than being interdependent
upon each other.
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A Thesis Submitted To the College of Higher Degrees and Research Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies at Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda
Keywords
African Union Operations, Sustainability, Peace Building, Mogadishu Somalia