The New Somali government to face new challenges.

Mahdi Haile
The newly elected Somali President will face numerous challenges, but people on the streets of Somali cities sound positive and energetic about the promise of peace.

The new government will have trouble prioritizing what to do first in the horn African country that has almost no running water or electricity.

Somali´s infrastructure was severely damaged during almost continuous internal conflict between 1990 and present.

The roads are dilapidated, and those who do have electricity have their own generators.

Mogadishu, with a population of 3.6 million has only two or three hospital, which operates at low capacity.

All the people we speak on the phone after the election, they tell us that they don't want any more violence.

Most of Somalis at home and Diaspora are convinced that the country has to go through this process to éclat a President and create an environment of new trust in all sectors of society.

Somali leaders recognize that their country is probably the culprit in the regional instability in East Africa, affecting Ethiopia, Kenya one, and Djibouti


Some people are saying the new government doesn´t need more foreign troops. but most people agree that AU and U.N. peacekeeping forces need to be deployed as soon as possible. during the critical post election phase, the more troops will help the new president to secure the critical area of the government and help keep from spoilers being tempted to return to conflict. There are group of people who are apposing the presence of AU troops because they meant to weaken the new government so then can achieve their goal of destroying the government as they did before. Nearly 15,000 U.N. peacekeeping troops and about 1000 Somali security forces are needed to restore security in Somalia.

After the election, the government will need to restructure the balance of power among its executive, legislative and judicial branches, which are all in crying need of restart from the ground up.

We all see the need to establish the country's credibility in the international community, and they want to be recognized as an honest, viable partner where investors are able to work under international norms.
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Mahdi Haile

Mr. Mahdi A Haile has a BA in Marketing Management and earned his Master's Degree in Political Science. he is writer, Activist and human rights campaigner. He worked with United Nations intervention UNISOM in Somalia 1990 , as well as Medicine san Fronts of Spain. He also worked with other nonprofit non-governmental organizations. Currently he is Director of Center For Somali Solutions , in USA, , as an International Political Analyst specializing in matters of the East African immigrant community in USA and Somali conflicts and even more specifically, in the subject of security, human rights, peace, development issues the Horn Africa.From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Mahdi Haile serves as,Managing Editor in a monthly Somali news paper Warsan Times, on line news websites. His publications include numerous articles on East African communities in America, American Foreign Policy in Africa and Somali Conflicts.

He has participated, in numerous conferences around the USA and the globe including resetelment, advocacy of Somali community in the USA and Somali peace process, Human rights conferences. His articles and editorials have been published in Qaranimo.com Hiiraan.com Warsan Times news paper Star Tribune, Pioneer press and other news papers and online magazines. As a political analyst, he has been interviewed by national and international media.