International Investment in Puntland will pour in when you guys Address the kidnapping and pirate Issues. When international Investors or people who want to pour money into Somalia do research in Puntland they will see alot of " Avoid all
travel to
Somalia" Most Western Nations advise their citizens not to go to Somalia.
This is what the U.S State Department says " Violent crime, such as kidnapping and murder, is common throughout Somalia, including Puntland and the Somaliland region."
When you do a quick research of Puntland what comes up?
Somali gunmen kidnapped two Western journalists in the northern province of Puntland
Somali gunmen kidnapped two Western journalists in the northern province of Puntland on Wednesday, police said, in the latest attack on foreigners working in the lawless Horn of Africa nation.
www.reuters.com
Aid workers kidnapped in northern Somalia
Gunmen abduct Danish man, American woman and their Somali colleague in latest in string of kidnappings.
www.aljazeera.com
Four journalists kidnapped in Puntland
Refworld is the leading global law and policy database on refugee law, statelessness and internal displacement, providing access to content from UNHCR and external sources.
www.refworld.org
Here is a French team who went to Puntland to try free some of those hostages.
At the end of the day, International investors are not coming anytime soon and Somali's from each respective region should build and invest in their own lands. Every area in Somalia is considered dangerous and no Go but we Somali's know where we can build and have businesses and where its dead and no revenue will be generated.