Somalia’s current situation and its prolonged wars are sore spots for the Somali people, whether they live locally or overseas. Ever since Somalia first lost its statehood and sovereignty, the country and its people have gone through a multitude of tragedies and turmoil, some of which might not be easily solved in the near future.

Almost a million innocent Somalis have perished in the country’s multi-faceted wars which have been ravaging the country for the past twenty years or so. When you think of Somalia, you imagine chaos, confusion and merciless people killing each other on trivial matters. Many educated Somalis have lost their lives in Somalia while trying to energetically serve their afflicted society and help alleviate its suffering. Killing enlightened and educated Somalis is an organized crime orchestrated by Somalis’ enemies, but Somalia seems to be a country which is at war with itself.  

The barrel of guns has been the norm in Somalia for the past twenty years, but only the Somali people have been the sole victims and uncountable casualties of the uncontrollable guns. And I believe there are many Somalis who are suffering from merciless killings and aimless shootings as I’m writing this brief article.

Somalia won’t rise above the human tragedies and ashes of destruction piled up by its citizens if they don’t become sober and arrive at workable solutions for their long, tragic plight. The peoples’ plight can’t be solved without having a functioning, honest government in the country; and every Somali has the right to take part in forming and supporting that functioning, responsible government; however, the government’s ranks and positions can’t be held by all citizens.

Somalia has paid the price of being a stateless country. You must agree that a dictatorship system is much better than statelessness as Somalia is a vivid example; nothing functions normally without having a nation state. But if the Somali people can’t elect a representative state for their country and don’t agree upon any government, then the country’s population will continue to suffer for many years to come and will remain in a state of lawlessness and anarchy.

Somalia’s war isn’t based on religion. Somalia is a Muslim country and has a long history of preserving its identity; its people are Sunni Muslims and have no religious sects and cleavages among themselves. So what is the fuss? Somalis are Muslims; they perform religious obligations in the same way, yet they are killing one another and nullifying each other, accusing each other of betraying Somalia and Islam.

If Somalia’s problems were based on religion, they could be easily resolved a long time ago. Religion isn’t the issue; religion is misused and is used for other agendas and aspirations. But if the worldly aspirations can’t be attained collectively, will the barrel of the gun enable one particular group to sit in Somalia’s unmaintained presidential palace? The prolonged, brutal war in Somalia is nothing but a power struggle.

The country’s power can be shared peacefully without the senseless fighting, so the Somali people need to sit down and solve their internal problems.

Mohamed Bakayr
Email: mohamedbakayr@hotmail.com

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You can read more of Mohamed Bakayr’s articles on his blog @Bakayrblog.com

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