Is Ethiopia illegally harvesting Somali frankincense?

[bluebird]

Despite Somalia being the number one producer of frank and myhrr Ethiopia is the number 1 exporter and primarily to China and they export variety found mainly in Somalia! In the past several years they have been having a shortage since they over harvested their trees. And now Somalia is going through the same thing.

I also can't think of why so many Ethiopians are going to resource rich cities like Bosaso, and Erigavo except for this reason. Cheap labor? Is the pay in Somalia better than in Ethiopia?

 

[RidwanYare]

So what? Somali Federal government has nothing to do with anything outside of Mogadishu. You would have to go to punt land for such questions.

Any country can do anything they want on Somali lands with no repercussions it hasn’t existed since ‘91

 

[Wabari]

Somalia No government No police No safety

 

[RidwanYare]

Somalia No government No police No safety

Man I am always confused by these type of posts like any Somali governing body can do anything about it. lol

 

[Wabari]

Man I am always confused by these type of posts like any Somali governing body can do anything about it. lol

Exactly, If Somalia had any power, our people wouldn’t be getting killed every day in Saudi Arabia. The delusion is very strong among our people, they still think Somalia is a functioning country.

 

[Hotchick12]

you guys just don’t realise that ethiopia cooks up their books they have been claiming our livestock numbers

 

[bluebird]

So what? Somali Federal government has nothing to do with anything outside of Mogadishu. You would have to go to punt land for such questions.

Any country can do anything they want on Somali lands with no repercussions it hasn’t existed since ‘91

Somalia now = mogadishu???

 

[RidwanYare]

Somalia now = mogadishu???

Yes the federal goverment of Somalia does not administer any part of the country outside of benadiir


Please let me know if they have police presence or any judicial presence outside of that 10km radius. (It’s a trick question, they don’t.)

 

[bluebird]

Exactly, If Somalia had any power, our people wouldn’t be getting killed every day in Saudi Arabia. The delusion is very strong among our people, they still think Somalia is a functioning country.

You guys have such a weird defeatist mentality. So because the somali government is weak, somali people shouldnt care or notice about who steals what? its people like you who elect these corrupt people with that attitude "well somalia is doomed anyway, we may as well let someone benefit from the money"

 

[bluebird]

Yes the federal goverment of Somalia does not administer any part of the country outside of benadiir


Please let me know if they have police presence or any judicial presence outside of that 10km radius. (It’s a trick question, they don’t.)

You brought them up, not me

 

[Wabari]

You guys have such a weird defeatist mentality. So because the somali government is weak, somali people shouldnt care or notice about who steals what? its people like you who elect these corrupt people with that attitude "well somalia is doomed anyway, we may as well let someone benefit from the money"

No, people like me would kill those corrupt people if given the right chance

 

[RidwanYare]

You guys have such a weird defeatist mentality. So because the somali government is weak, somali people shouldnt care or notice about who steals what? its people like you who elect these corrupt people with that attitude "well somalia is doomed anyway, we may as well let someone benefit from the money"

It’s not deafetist it’s realist I just came back from xamar 2 weeks ago and my uncle is connected with a lot of goverment movers and shakers.

it’s reality

oh and “ELECT”?????? you think any somali politician in the FGS is elected? Delusion is sad

 

[Hotchick12]

guys use your brain, we have our ports so we don’t need ethiopian middleman, maybe think

You guys have such a weird defeatist mentality. So because the somali government is weak, somali people shouldnt care or notice about who steals what? its people like you who elect these corrupt people with that attitude "well somalia is doomed anyway, we may as well let someone benefit from the money"

ethiopia ain’t stealing shit, let’s put our thinking caps on, you know those lands with myrr trees have armed men and are not solely occupied by certain tribes and don’t allow anyone not of their qabil to enter, china and ethiopia have a trade agreement if they are putting it under an ethiopian label blame those opportunist somali businessman

 

[Buddeh]

7:41 they have their own trees to harvest those resins. The real threat comes from American companies which are exploiting both countries to make their “natural oil” fragrances for pennies on the dollar.

 

[bluebird]

guys use your brain, we have our ports so we don’t need ethiopian middleman, maybe think

ethiopia ain’t stealing shit, let’s put our thinking caps on, you know those lands with myrr trees have armed men and are not solely occupied by certain tribes and don’t allow anyone not of their qabil to enter, china and ethiopia have a trade agreement if they are putting it under an ethiopian label blame those opportunist somali businessman

LOL nothing is somalia is being guarded, those trees have been harvested to death. this is not about middlemen, it's about outright theft