Analysis Of Somalia And State Creation

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Introduction
The state of Somalia has a very unique position and history as a modern state on the African continent. Somalia has experienced various scenarios that have had a large impact on its situation, such as civil war, state fragility and eventually state failure. As a state that has suffered various challenges and problems with regards to its stability and development, it has been able to re-establish itself and again introduce itself into the African community. With the reestablishment of government systems and the reintroduction of state functions to this failed state there are various factors that greatly influence the achievement of state creation into Somalia. These challenges, as will be discussed later on, play greatly on the overall fragility of this state and its newly created government and how this can influence its governance and processes of state creation.
Fragility in this case refers to the weakness and difficulties that the state might face with regards to its stability and more particularly to state creation within Somalia. State fragility is basically defined as a state that is unable to provide and fulfil its basic services and complete basic functions. A fragile state occurs “where the government cannot or will not deliver core functions to the majority of its people, including the poor” (Zoellick 2008: 69). This means that basic services such as education, health and law enforcement are capable of being completed. Thus there is a massive gap in the functionality and capacity of the state and its ability to govern its territory. There is weakness in three main areas that greatly impact the fragility of any country, and Somalia in this case, nam...

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...ty, transparency, team work and fight corruption. These positions were all filled with new faces in the political scene of Somalia and were seen as a positive step by the Parliament to move away from the conflict ridden and weak leadership of the past. (Hammond 2013: 186). Thus this move to the establishment of some form of a working government has been developed and state control is slowly re-emerging. Yet this system is still in its very early stages and thus suffers great fragility. Due to its difficult and unstable past there are various challenges that will be faced by these structures to attempt to re-establish a strong and stable government and overall state.
Challenges of Fragility
As a state that has struggled with poor leadership and almost non-existent governance over the past two decades there are many challenges that it will face to re-create itself.

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