This is my last blog that i had to redo so here it goes. A failed state is a weak government who can not control their area that they live in. The government can’t provide basic services to its people. An example of basic services would be water, sanitation, and things you need in daily life. They can’t control crime. People often times move away from countries with weak goverment.Over a billion people live in countries with a failed government. When a government fails it is usually after a civil war, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, and other disasters like that. As of right now Iraq and Afghanistan are the sixth and seventh states most fraught for danger in the world. A professor from the University of Hawaii named Tarcisius Kabutaulaka said that “it's easy to forget that many countries have had troubled histories.” To determine whether or not a state has failed you have to look at the people. Are the people leaving, are they happy with what the government has done for them, do they feel there is crime, and so on.The second article was about an 18 year old boy named Mohammed from Somalia, which is the number one failed state in the world. He is a fishermen, every morning he gets up and fishes. He takes what he catches to the market to sell them. He gives the money he makes to his family. Mohammed has been making money for his family since he was 14 because his father got extremely injured and was unable to work. It costs 10 dollars per month to go to school. Mohammeds family cannot afford this so he has to work even harder to keep him and his siblings in school and keep their tummys full. The five clans in Somalia are Darod, Dir, Isaaq, Hawiye, and Rahanweyn, which have been good and bad for Somalia. People have decided they wanted to be united, but that didn’t last long, for more clans broke out again. They have been waiting eighteen years now for a new government since they chased out Barre. Mohammed has had many encounters with loved ones or people dying. He could not continue school because his friend died. The sad thing is that Mohammed cannot remember any happy moments in the eighteen years of his life. I cannot believe that no one even shed a tear when they were starring at their loved ones who were hurt due to a road side bomb. The difference between Somalia and Somaliland is that you won’t find things like hotels or restaurants along the street. There is not as much violence or bad things going on as it used to be, but they still have to keep working on it. Somaliland gets no help and President Kaahin doesn’t understand why not.Al Shabaab which is a group that is trying to over throw T.F.G. had just taken over Kismaayo and then they would be able to get their weapons from Kenya. Al Shabaab kept offering Mohammed money to join their group. But he never gave an answer. He talks to his parents about it, and it is a really hard decision because if he goes he might get killed, but he will also get paid quite a bit of money. The two journalists that wrote this article got kidnapped and still are to this day. I hope that somehow Somalia can find peace. I can’t imagine having my whole family rely on me to fill their empty stomachs. I now understand why Somalia is the number one most failed state on the list.
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