Armed Conflict in Somalia Reviewed From Armed Conflict and Peace Mission Perspective

Somalia is a failed state that is unable to perform its security and defense functions. Military coups and uprisings could not be suppressed, instead causing international conflicts that penetrated the civilian realm. This conflict which led to violence did not discourage the warring parties to immediately stop their actions. Most of the victims who fell were civilians who did not even know what the real purpose of war was. The research methods and approaches used are qualitative and literature studies. After analyzing, the results of this study found that when viewed from the historical timeline of the conflict in Somalia, this conflict has been going on for quite a long time, from 1991 to the present. Then, referring to the type of armed conflict, the conflict in Somalia is included in the type of Non-International Armed conflict, this is based on Article 1 Additional Protocol II of the Geneva Conventions. Furthermore, the result of the conflict in Somalia has resulted in the emergence of structural violence and direct violence. Where the violence is triggered by the presence of actors who make the conflict more heated, these actors include provocateurs, functional groups, and vulnerable groups.