THIS IS EMBARRASSING!

[Som]

How did Syrians even end up in Somalia? I thinks it's good to welcome them. To my knowledge, they treated us well when our civil war started and their miskeen people running from a devastating war. But, I always wondered what possessed them to come to Somalia when Turkiye is nearer and better even with its discrimination.

Most of them still went to turkey, those who went to somalia probably did so because it may be easier to access with a Syrian passport and may be cheaper than living in turkey. The first few syrians who came found a welcoming environment so they made good PR for others to come and settle in Somalia.

 

[Aseer]

Somalia on the other hand was blocked from foreign trade, investments, received minuscule aid(survived on remittances), until 2012-2015 and their group of companies were sanctioned until 2020.

So much of the development and growth of Mogadishu has been happening in the last 8/5 years carried mainly by private sector.

The tragic part about it is that , they rarely take foreigners to the areas of the capital that received development and has economic activity.

They intentionally go to the war torn old broken or abandoned beach sides used as fishing grounds and ruined parts of Mogadishu and i think they pay people to take them there. To relive the dangerous experience. They don't go the regular safer areas or the newly constructed and rebuilt parts of Mogadishu or even shopping districts either.

You can see it here in the drive through video of the city and collection of photos of various commercial districts:




They also don't take them to the clean green beach sides that people actually go to , that have resorts and various activies like scuba diving , snorkling and motors


They don't even take them to the new fancy restaurants and cafe's by the beach front, but will take them in front of abandoned dirty fishing ground next to a fishing market


Not even visit the new mosques and major areas of congregation. They will gladly pose instead next to ruined Italian lighthouse in an abandoned area.


But it actually highlights how crappy the FGS is as @Devilsadvocate pointed out, they are the least patriotic Somali government, they don't do a rebase that would actually show that Somalia has a GDP of 90 billion to reflect the economic growth and changes happening in the country and they don't make sure that tourists coming into the country are blocked from visiting certain areas and don't do trespassing.

It actually runs contrary to their proclaimed statements on how they want to attract foreign investments. If i am going to receive foreigners i want them to see the attractions, i want them to see the progress and economic potential of the country, that's how you attract foreign investment.

Inshallah once they complete the Marina beach project, Dahab Tower and other neighborhood projects , it will take away from this. They should be thankful that they have still Somali investors and entrepreneurs that are willing to uplift the country.

The current government just has a humiliation fetish and think its more profitable to advertise somalia as some extreme travel destination full of danger and poverty, when it actually just ruins our image more and people think its still a complete anarchic backwater like how it was in 1991 making almost zero developmeng.

Also how does somalia have a GDP of 90 Billion? The IMF website states we only have a GDP of 13 Billion on a 4% Growth, can you link me to a thread or post where you explained this or can you explain to me how its supposedly 90 Billion I think thats a unreasonable inflation.

 

[queasyian]

This dirty corrupt government that employs their friends and family for critical infrastructure roles are the reason why Somalia is not even in the 16th century today. We have even been voted the most corrupt country on earth. We should be embarrassed but it’s not the people’s fault. It’s the lazy dogs who hold the power

 

[Xoriyo]

Isn’t it interesting that they didn’t go to Eritrea but chose Somalia? If you look at recent data.. most migrants that come to the U.K. via boat are mostly Eritreans /syrians/afghans. But they had to include us and make our rep even worse. Shocker. It’s only up from here.. time for Somalis to wake up.

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[Juliet]

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Also captain phillips was British directed. Dadkaas are unnaturally obsessed with us

 

[Nur_]

Also captain phillips was British directed. Dadkaas are unnaturally obsessed with us

They really are. They do studies into why we look "different".

 

[Nur_]

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