Did you know Somalia once had a railway and trains?

[TekNiKo]

The italians built it for us and it would go as far as Beledweyne, British destroyed it after Italy’s defeat in WW2

 

[Deleted L]

“The Italians built it for us”

No they didn’t. They built it for themselves and to loot the resources of their colonial occupied territory.

 

[Radical]

Heard Somalis used to have working brains as well

 

[Dualke]

Somalia should have been colonized until 2010. Would have become and industrialized regional power.
Always bet on the white man

 

[OhMan]

Most railways in africa are built by colonials

 

[GaradShabeel]

Somalia should invest in railways, when the opportunity arises. Nothing beats the newly revamped trainline that connects Addis, Dire Dawa and Djibouti.



Can’t wait to ride one in Somalia in the future.




Time to call the Chinese.

 

[Yaraye]

we should build trains and highways. We already have some cars, so building a highway should be first. Trains take some time and even more money. so we can use highways in the meantime while we figure out a train system

 

[Basra]

huuno those trains are for the White Colonizer extracting minerals resources from Somalia as fast as possible

 

[Ibn Amer]

Most railways in africa are built by colonials

I think that the Xabeshis commisoned the construction of a railway, just before the Italians came.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

“The Italians built it for us”

No they didn’t. They built it for themselves and to loot the resources of their colonial occupied territory.

huuno those trains are for the White Colonizer extracting minerals resources from Somalia as fast as possible

Spot on. Add to that, in the context of Somali territories, those rail tracks were the primary reason Hawd & Reserve area had been annexed to Ethiopia to protect them from potential attacks from native Somali population.

If you ever get a chance read FM A. Bevan's grand plan to the UN for the Somali territories, and how it was later carved up into 5 pieces after Somalis chose the Italians instead. A sad, if painful history.

But hey, then people are dead, and the current crop are agents in disguise far too pleased to be recolonised, and further divided up.

 

[Based]

Colonial railways and trains for looting resources is apparently “Somalia history”.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

I came in here to drag and educate, but it looks like everyone else got there first.

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

Colonial railways and trains for looting resources is apparently “Somalia history”.

No idea what to make of that. Perhaps you could elaborate, as if I were 7 year old?

 

[a_bilan]

It would be great if it could get rebuilt. Sadly, most ( if not all) train infrastructure is built by Chinese or Europeans in Africa.

 

[anon2]

There was actually a proposed plan for national rail line after we took back the Ogden. I remember my father telling me he would hear things like "We will be celebrating Eid in Addis Ababa" when Somalia was winning. They were so confident, the government was already making plans to invest and build there

 

[Guled85]

Somali tribes should sell their live stock and invest in their towns to urbanize, 1 camel=$5000, and they have hundreds of thousands of camels in each region, all together we have 6 million camels, we can make 30 billion, this is not including goats, cows and other live stock.