At the end of the day, Sool region is roughly where it was in Dec 2022 while Somaliland is 20% poorer. That is a fact.
The past 18 months have been worse for Isaaq, than for Dhulbahante. More dead, more captured, and more poverty.
Guul iyo Daarood Ismaciil kala hari mayaan ila yowmul qiyaama.
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Why stop at 18 months? You seem to love the 18 months. Let's step back a little further and see the full picture.
As you can see Sool had a very bad 2011, 2022 and food prices were just rebounding in 2023. Just happened to coincide with the War in Sool. Bari also had very steep rises in 2021 but Sool had a uniquely steep rise in 2022 for reasons I don't know and you dont' know either.
Anyway I hope the message people take is they should never take numbers at face value. Seems logical to start your analysis in Dec 2022 but it's not really at all. Step back and you see something else.
I rest my case.
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