Civil war and Unemployment in Mogadshu~Somalia

ABSTRACT The study investigated Civil war and the issues of unemployment in Mogadishu Somalia. The objectives of the study were to find out the strategies which the Somali Government used to establish employment opportunities. The research design was descriptive correlation quantitative design and existing literature was used. Data was collected from primary and secondary instrument of the research was questionnaire, to collect primary data from sample size of 171 respondents out of population of 300 respondents. Cross tabulation(frequencies and percentages), mean and correlation analysis using persons’ coefficient values was used to analysis data. The study concludes that there is significant relationship between civil war and unemployment in Mogadishu Somalia. And it recommended the following central government should work hand in offer with local leaders, elders, world lords and citizens to build good governance and stop the civil war. The central government should work with local community to reactivate local people to make investments and create their own business. Also Ngo’s should establish projects that all unemployed people can benefit from that.