Despite the fact the civil war ended in 2012 and there have been even bigger, more recent conflicts in the East African/Arab world Mogadishu today is still seen as the gold standard when it comes to failure and lawlessness.
We need a damn PR team
Get back on what feet? That demolished land will be rebuilt by new immigrant jews.We don’t need a better PR, we actually need to get our shit together. Our major war ended decades ago and we’re still in a shambolic position. You can’t be mad that the world has noticed.
As for Gaza, the war as impacted them much worse than our war, the sheer brutality and the amount of people murdered in such a short space of time is disheartening to see. Only time can tell if they can quickly rebuild and get back on their feet.
That's our fault. We used to be known as the pearl of the Indian oceans , the lions of Africa. Due to us fighting each other and burning our country down our image is in the mud.
Mogadishu is sort of deceptive in that the city might look alright. But it's my understanding that there are a million idps who live in tents outside the city. I suspect most diaspora people who come to mogadishu don't leave the city except by plane
100%. Mogadishu and Gaza can't be cited at the same place for similarities. Our mind can't fully comprehend the genocide happening in Gaza.Gaza is unfortunately much worse than Mogadishu ever was. We are talking 99 % of buildings flattened and a genocide that killed over 10 % of the population.
Yeah that's true that it's not their homes. But the fact is that they rely on the city services and are a cheap source of labor and are exploited by the factions based in MogadishuWe were also known as '' The Land of Treasuries'' as well. Mostly by our immediate Eastern neighbors .
I kinda agree with @Angelina our PR doesn't matter, sorting ourselves out is more important.
Others can believe what they want about us or our country, whats important is for us to set the facts straight for ourselves so we have an understanding of ourselves and our situation.
Thats what i have been working towards. And thats what was part of the solution offered by Abdi Ismail Samatar in the video i shared in the other thread:
Check out what he says.
The IDPS are not from the city at all. They are displaced people from the country side, they are displaced from their homes. The camps are not their homes.
Yeah that's true that it's not their homes. But the fact is that they rely on the city services and are a cheap source of labor and are exploited by the factions based in Mogadishu
Slightly related, but it reminded me of a passage I read recently by an American Afro-pessimist. Irrespective of their position, the thought of doing worse than a Black or African country taps into the ingrained fear of any association with subhuman blacks, who are seen as the lowest rung of humanity in their eyes…
Despite the fact the civil war ended in 2012 and there have been even bigger, more recent conflicts in the East African/Arab world Mogadishu today is still seen as the gold standard when it comes to failure and lawlessness.
We need a damn PR team
Still, the Hawiye warlord era is what ruined Muqdisho image. There was anarchy and moryaanism for more than 20 years which could have been prevented if the guys who took muqdisho made a simple agreement.Well 90% of Somalis claim they were fleeing Mogadishu and lie to get sharci. Meanwhile the diaspora is mainly filled with people from somaliland, Puntland and DDSI.
Obviously people are gonna think the city is in a constant state of strife if every country in the west is receiving refugees from there.