If he really wanted to bring his empire he could've done it with closer countries like Iraq or Libya. why is the point of spending more than $300m on a failed state in a corner of Africa that has no functioning government or even infrastructure? He did it because he stands in solidarity fellow Muslims.
$300m where
A few hospital renovated and giving free food to idp's in mogadisho cost $300? they dont have to extract anything. They can be put themselves in position where in the likely event should oil be extracted in somalia, they could provide other services such as transporting the oil to gas stations. Maybe even hold manopoly on gas stations which. They could clog somalia up with their own work force to undertake construction which means me and you would be bystanders. Dont look at a few repainted hospitals or 0.5 road abit of food aid and assume its a good deal.
Let me ask you. How can a nation thats poor, instable, facing occupation. Do you honestly believe a nation thousands miles away will come, build them hospitals, schools. dig their oil for them, undertake construction work throughout the country for free? and they want nothing in return?
Even if they dig oil the average citizen wont see a penny from it. I think multinations will always take the lion share of the profits and they will give dowlada which exist on paper peanuts. That will go to military specially the owns that guard dowlada rest will end up in swiss bank accounts