A successful strategy in Somaliland peacebuilding

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A Grade, , language: English, abstract: Somaliland is a leading state that is championing adoption and practicing democracy in the Greater Horn. Free and fair elections, privatization, constitutionally changed governments and the free press are unique to Somaliland. All these are not something injected into Somaliland or imported from outside and there were no external supports that helped Somaliland to come here. This paper examines how this triumph was achieved ¿ a background to Somaliland peacebuilding ¿ stakeholders¿ contribution to peacebuilding ¿ and factors sustained stability and peace in Somaliland. It finds that a bottom-up-approach is successful strategy in peacebuilding and institution process.