Essay on Somali People and Djibouti

Djibouti, pronounced Jih-boot-ee, is a small country in eastern Africa. It rests along the gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and borders Ethiopia and Eritrea. The area is usually hot and arid, being made up of desert and plateaus, with an average summer temperature of 40˚C. The coast line is usually particularly humid during the heat of the day. During the winter months, specifically November through March, the temperature will drop to roughly 25˚C during the day. Those few months are the prime opportunity to visit the country and avoid much of the usual discomfort of the day.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on the surface is an effective fighting force in Somalia; however, the success of AMISOM is contingent upon Ugandan participation. The existence of AMISOM is due to a long Somali history of political / economic instability and the current struggle against the Somalia based terrorist organization, Al-Shabaab. The overall objective within Somalia is to eliminate or at a minimum contain the Al-Shabaab threat. The creation of AMISOM assists the Somalian Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its allies to effectively target Al-Shabaab while using the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), and African Union (AU) backed AMISOM as an umbrella organization.

I am originally from Somalia a country located in the East Africa also called “Horn of Africa”, bordered by Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. I was born and raised in Kenya. However, both my parents were born and rise in Somalia, they went their school in Mogadishu, Somalia, and built their family there. Five of my siblings, we were born in Mogadishu Somalia, but unfortunately, they did not had the opportunity to experience them early childhood in Somalia. In a brief history the Republic of Somalia has had its ups and downs with unrest, starting with a war, which broke out in the early 90’s. With these conflicts came unbearable life situations and many people searched for opportunities all over the world, mainly the western continents.

Somalia is a country situated in the ÒhornÓ of East Africa. It is bordered by the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean on the east and southeast, Kenya in the southwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Djibouti in the northwest. Somalia is about four times the size of the State of Minnesota, or slightly smaller than Texas. The capital is Mogadishu.

The TFG to reconsider key groups inside Somalia not previously included in the political process, such as, clan leaders, civil society women groups, business, religious leaders, to include, the Mogadishu by doing so it promotes a more inclusive society. Uganda to deploy 1500 troops to Somalia as well as the African Union Peace and Security Council to deploy stabilization mission is one of the key element to bring the Somali people stability and an assurance of peace. The United States will assist with training and equipping African contingents deploying to Somalia through the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program (ACOT A). Also, the U.S. will outreach to Somali Diaspora communities in the United States to urge additional financial and political support for the TFI’s. The State Department Bureau of African Affairs Public Diplomacy office and the U.S. Ambassadors in Kenya and Ethiopia will communicate with domestic and international audience by conducting a variety of press speeches and media interviews, publishing information in newspapers and magazines about the integrated approach on Somalia The Somali people must take responsibility for maintaining a security force at the local level by implementing a civilian police force and a unified military presents of all Somalia’s clan which provides a secure and

Located on the Horn of Africa, Somalia is a small country colonized in the late 1880s by Britain, Italy and France. In the 1960s, Somalia gained its independence but remained a very unstable place. In 1969, a group overthrew the government and Mohammed Siad Barre, the general of the group, became Somalia’s president and dictator until 1991.

The country of Somalia, is situated in the Horn of Africa, Somalia lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Its boundaries are Djibouti in the northwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Kenya in the Southwest. Somalia itself is slightly smaller than State Texas. The country of Somalia is mostly arid and barren, Somalia has two main rivers, the Shebelle and the Juba. Somalia is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, to the Northwest is Djiboutit, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and finally to the southwest is Kenya. With a land area of 637,657 square kilometers, Somalia's terrain consists mainly of Plateaus, plains and highlands. The mainland of Africa and the Middle East have the longest of coastlines at over

A steadfast DRC will provide the U.S with a strategic location to support aid and shaping operations.

There are several countries which are located within the Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa AOR. This paper will discuss the cultural influence of the Republic of Djibouti as well as its influence on bordering countries within its region. Additionally, this paper will portray Djibouti’s global significance and its effect on United States interest within the AOR. Historically, Djibouti’s strategic location and status as a free trade zone within the Horn of Africa has played a major role in this country’s importance throughout the globe. Hence, Djibouti maintains relationships with numerous countries and to date openly welcomes negotiations with other countries that can contribute to the country’s economic development. Continued

Migration is the movement of people in and out of the country.This happens all over the world and Somalia is not acception to this, many people migrate Somalia to kenya.Migration has greatly affected Somalia in many ways.Some facts that made the Somalia in war is.War have talking over Somalia since 1991 until now and every year the war

Al-Shabaab as a terrorist group poses a significant threat in Somalia and in the global community. This paper will start by discussing the background. In this part the paper will show how the group has evolved from Al-Ittihad Al-Islam (AIAI) to the Islamic Court Union (ICU) and lastly to Al-Shabaab. Before discussing the group’s threat of national security, homeland and international, this paper will provide the conceptual meaning of key terminology, such as national security, homeland security, international security and globalization. It is important to understand these concepts before moving toward the main argument of the paper. After providing the framework for key concepts, the paper will discuss the group’s threat to Somalia in two areas, national security and homeland security. The paper will go further and identify the threats posed by the group on other nations’ homeland security and international security. We will use East African countries and the United States examples. The paper will provide evidence to support how globalization has shaped and fueled the threats from Al-Shabaab. It will then discuss the primary response from the United States and from African countries through AMISOM. The paper will provide the way forward and suggestions for the response of the international community to Al-Shabaab. In conclusion, we will try to alert the international community that although the group has been experience hard times in Somalia, it is unwise to

The country of Yemen is on the verge of imploding due to a water crisis. When the water runs out Yemen will destabilize and with it the entire Horn of Africa (HOA). The United States has many ongoing militaristic, economic, and diplomatic interests in the HOA. In order for the Horn of Africa to remain stable the United States needs to take a different approach with its humanitarian efforts in Yemen, utilizing the full support of the military. If delivery and implementation of humanitarian aid are not planned and coordinated with full military operational support the process will be doomed, as so many humanitarian efforts have been in the past. Specifically if the water crisis in Yemen is not addressed it will destabilize the country causing increased violent extremist activity and civil unrest. Without water for its people the Yemeni government will be weakened allowing militant Islamic groups to regain power within Yemen and the HOA, ultimately threatening the United States Homeland.

With noteworthy sustainable power source potential, including geothermal, wind and sunlight based, the Djibouti government is hoping to expand the offer of renewables in the nation's vitality blend in an offer to bring down residential vitality creation costs and at last increment vitality security. The nation's long haul advancement design, propelled in 2014 and known as Vision 2035, visualizes a full change from 100% fossil warm vitality in 2010 to 100% sustainable sources by 2020. The part is as of now pulling in critical enthusiasm from universal financial specialists and benefactors alike and a progression of activities in geothermal, wind and sun based vitality guarantee to reclassify Djibouti's vitality scene in the medium term.

Since their indirect elections on September 12, 2012, and despite the fragile regional security situation of the Horn of Africa, Somalia has continued to experience significant and sustained progress towards security stability in their country. In order for Somalia to succeed as viable and trusted state, the United States (US) as well as the International Community should not allow another security stability failure in Somalia. The US and the International Community must focus on helping to sustain Somalia’s efforts against the fight of the Al-Shabaab terrorist organization, help to counter piracy, and to help build capacity and capability in the Somali government and its institutions. While at the same time

The strain between the privilege to outer self-determination and regional respectability in Africa: Somaliland as a case study