Afgooye Farms: Lower Shebelle: The Future of Somalia's economy
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Ethiopia's dams are intended to stop the Shabelle and Jubba river, which will lay waste to farming communities living alongside these rivers. Unless alternative water sources are found, such as desalinated water, I think South Somalia's 'breadbasket' days are numbered.
Egypt can't do anything about Ethiopia's dams, let alone a weak client state like Somalia.
Egypt can't do anything about Ethiopia's dams, let alone a weak client state like Somalia.
Nonsense, Somalia's population is small. Nobody even uses the rivers Ethiopia won't build a dam because it doesn't need too. Even if they did it wouldn't affect us because 95% of the river is unused and goes straight into the sea. Drought is the enemy because when it does not rain in Ethiopia, the river becomes smaller.
Ethiopia build few dams in Godey on DDS that's why the Shabelle river is running dry.
Do you know that Ethiopia build at least 2 dams on one single river?
and another on the other river?
Godey itself is Somali land. You can't compare us to Egypt which mainly relies in Ethiopia's blue nile, which then goes through Sudan. Our rives are in DDS and Oromia. And the sources for the Shebelle and Jubba are multiple. When it rains good in Oromia, our rivers flood and when it it drought, our rivers are dry. And we don't even use these rivers at all. The same way we don't use our ocean resources. We too can build dams and power plants in Somalia along these rivers to give cheap electricity to towns such as Beledweyn.
These dams are already full, so it won't make a difference. Besides we don't use the river. it all goes to the sea.
Ethiopia is planning a soft version of Colonialism, which is to make Somalia dependent on it totally for food and energy. To 'soften' the blow, the initial breadbasket will be Godey but I bet soon after, they will find a way to ensure it will become more and more inland.
They are taking a leaf out of the Western Colonisers book, there is no need for sustained brute invasion, if you can cripple a country economically and make it wholly dependent on you. Unfortunately, for us, Somali politicians are only interested in their own jobs and they manipulate 4.5 clan sentiments to get it.
They are taking a leaf out of the Western Colonisers book, there is no need for sustained brute invasion, if you can cripple a country economically and make it wholly dependent on you. Unfortunately, for us, Somali politicians are only interested in their own jobs and they manipulate 4.5 clan sentiments to get it.
How will you build a dam, with what water? You don't own the source of the river, you live downstream from it.
Ethiopia has dammed the sources of the river hence why the rivers in South Somalia are drying up and turning into seasonal rivers.
Watch, soon Somalia will sign a deal with Ethiopia for Electricity & Food.
Well done to Somalis for never-ending clan conflicts, I doubt that even extreme famine and drought will wake Somalis up. I am convinced it's too late as Egypt itself can't do a thing about Ethiopia's dams. Not to mention the fact that Somalia at its military height was ganged up on when we attempted to free our land from them. Ethiopia is the West's favourite child in the Horn of Africa, they won't allow anyone to defeat it.
I predict Somalis will run towards the coasts, but Farmaajo's mafia has signed a deal to allow China to rob our seas, of course, they are willing to sell our fish back to us. But nobody will be able to afford it. I have never seen such a short-sighted and doomed nation in my life. Somalis remind me of the cursed nations mentioned in the Holy Qur'aan, like 'Ad and Thamud, whose arrogance caused their downfall. Recently, I saw a nice West African lady being called derogatory slurs just by walking the streets, by snot-nosed children in Somalia. How do we still wonder why Somalis are in never-ending chaos and warfare? Somalis say themselves "Dad Caay wuu Dulooba"; rougly translates to; the one who insults people becomes ruined himself. Perhaps we need to start studying our wise sayings and apply them to ourselves.
Well done to Somalis for never-ending clan conflicts, I doubt that even extreme famine and drought will wake Somalis up. I am convinced it's too late as Egypt itself can't do a thing about Ethiopia's dams. Not to mention the fact that Somalia at its military height was ganged up on when we attempted to free our land from them. Ethiopia is the West's favourite child in the Horn of Africa, they won't allow anyone to defeat it.
I predict Somalis will run towards the coasts, but Farmaajo's mafia has signed a deal to allow China to rob our seas, of course, they are willing to sell our fish back to us. But nobody will be able to afford it. I have never seen such a short-sighted and doomed nation in my life. Somalis remind me of the cursed nations mentioned in the Holy Qur'aan, like 'Ad and Thamud, whose arrogance caused their downfall. Recently, I saw a nice West African lady being called derogatory slurs just by walking the streets, by snot-nosed children in Somalia. How do we still wonder why Somalis are in never-ending chaos and warfare? Somalis say themselves "Dad Caay wuu Dulooba"; rougly translates to; the one who insults people becomes ruined himself. Perhaps we need to start studying our wise sayings and apply them to ourselves.
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The same way Syria built a dam from the Euphrates River which was already heavily dam built by Turkey.
Study what's going on between Egypt and Ethiopia, it's like a case study of what's going on with Somalia. The difference being that Egypt is an actual country with unlimited brainpower and patriotism.
Think about Ethiopia's dams like a regular water tap, these Xabashis will control how much water flows downstream from them. They can easily engineer droughts in Shabelle & Jubba communities with this.
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We will probibally have to migrate to Northern Madagascar, it has plenty of rain and is not land locked, very close to somalia coast. We need to start farming there and import our food from there.
Somalis will turn Madagascar into a wasteland with overgrazing and lack of respect for the land they live on. No, we need to stay in Somalia and think about our decisions.
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Ogaden in Godey are settling down and farming on the shabelle river, there are already quite a few dams built on the shabelle river for both agricultural and energy purposes. On the other hand, the region before the Jubba river is mountainous and cannot be used for farming until the Somali border.
But Madagascar is super close to Kismaayo coast, we need to establish somali diaspara there, it has large rain forest and coast line.
Somaliland and to some extent Puntland depend on food from Ethiopia but not us. Most of our food is grown or shipped into Somalia.
The dams in Ethiopia means Ethiopia's Government controls how much water people downstream from it get. They will not release enough water to allow you to build your own dams. This defeats the purpose of their plan; to make you a consumer.
These dams are small and the Ogaden population in Godey is tiny and won't have an impact on Somalia unless they have the numbers of Bangladesh.
