The role of civil society in conflict resolution in Mogadishu Somalia

ABSTRACT This study examined THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION. . The study hadthree objectives, the first objective of the study was to find out the relationship between civil society inreligious conflict, the second objective of this study was to establish the role of civil society in ethnic conflict and the third objective of the study was to investigate the effect of civil society on political conflictin conflict resolution. This study was conducted quantitatively through descriptive design; the data was collected from sample size of 77 using questionnaire as data collection. The data analysis was done by using the statistical package SPSS, the data classified and analyzed by calculation. Therefore after analyzing the data was described in form of tables and charts for easy analysis of the findings demographically, According to table 4.1.1 The table and figure showes showes gender responder ofquestioner 53 male where female 24 so that most responders are male, according to table 4.1.2 The table and figure showes age responders their were 15-24 are 22 responders, 25-34 were 25 responder , 35-44 are 18 , while 44 above 12 so most responders are 25-24, according to table 4.1.3 the table and figure shows marital responders were single 43 while marriage 34 so most responders aremarriage, , according to table 4.1.4 the table and figure shows educational responders secondery are 15 , undergraduate 32 , postgraduate 21 , Phd 7 while others 2 so most responders are undergraduate,according to table 4.1.5 the table and figure shows title responders they were employee 29 , manager 7 ,Director 7,CSOs 31 and while others 3 so that most responders are CSOs. Somali civil society has also been busy. Local NGOs and activists have been filling as many gaps as they can to survive in the anarchic situation of the last 20 years. They are developing community security plans to protect civilians and are strengthening local and traditional governance systems based on traditional Somali values. In the absenceof state functions, civil society in Somalia is trying to re-establish basic social services in urban and rural communities. In all these efforts, civil society is trying to bring a measure of stability and hope to areas ofconflict and suffering due to the absence of law and order. Conflict resolution processes are many and varied and can be seen on a continuum ranging from collaborative, participatory, informal, non-binding processes (such as mediation, conciliation, and third-party negotiation) to adversarial, fact-oriented, legally binding and imposed decisions that arise from institutions such as the courts and tribunals