European Union announces its first ever Budget Support to Somalia

[Jiron]

The world once again sees improving signs of stability and normalcy returning to our country, inshallah kheyr

 

[whitehartlane]

The world once again sees improving signs of stability and normalcy returning to our country, inshallah kheyr

The West has finally put a leash with a carrot hanging from it on Somalia...

Taking money from the west is like being in the pocket of the devil...

One of Siad Barres greatest achievement and the first country in Africa to do so was to declare Somalia SELF SUFFICIENT and thereby eliminating any chance of western roque nations to have a say in Somali affairs..

That money is not to develop the country but it is to dissapear in to the pockets of those that directly work for foreign suits at the cost of the Somali people.

This is not a celebration but a mourning

 

[Yaquub]

Realistically! this 100 million and 80 million is pocket change. How can it be used effectively to build infrastaructure? it's not even enough to build a proper army to defeat al shabaab when the arms embargo is lifted.

Seriously! what can 100 million build?

 

[Theyuusuf]

Somalia waa bukaan naftu kasii baxayso marka ashahaada loo qabtaba gaalaa oxygen ku afuufa. Waa iska mayd 27 sano baa nala daba sido.

 

[SomaliMVP]

Realistically! this 100 million and 80 million is pocket change. How can it be used effectively to build infrastaructure? it's not even enough to build a proper army to defeat al shabaab when the arms embargo is lifted.

Seriously! what can 100 million build?

It builds confidence.

Without the reforms made by the SFG the World Bank and the EU would have never given these numbers. Sure, $180m is pocket change. We need at least a $100 billion to rebuild Somalia. But until the Somali government controls the rest of the country and collects taxes directly or via a tax sharing agreement with the federal member states we will never get the loans (with 0% interest) that we need.

 

[Yaquub]

It builds confidence.

Without the reforms made by the SFG the World Bank and the EU would have never given these numbers. Sure, $180m is pocket change. We need at least a $100 billion to rebuild Somalia. But until the Somali government controls the rest of the country and collects taxes directly or via a tax sharing agreement with the federal member states we will never get the loans (with 0% interest) that we need.

It's true somalis need to put aside their pride and get rich together.

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

Tuugsi101

 

[embarassing]

 

[Farm]

The West has finally put a leash with a carrot hanging from it on Somalia...

Taking money from the west is like being in the pocket of the devil...

One of Siad Barres greatest achievement and the first country in Africa to do so was to declare Somalia SELF SUFFICIENT and thereby eliminating any chance of western roque nations to have a say in Somali affairs..

That money is not to develop the country but it is to dissapear in to the pockets of those that directly work for foreign suits at the cost of the Somali people.

This is not a celebration but a mourning

Are you serious? Somalia was never self sufficient during Barre’s time...it was living off of American and Soviet aid packages.

 

[whitehartlane]

Self sufficient doesn't necessarily mean being a super power..

Yes, we needed stuff from the Soviets that we were not able to produce however it was not a freebie or a carrot on a string.. we were more trading partners than an aid dependent client hence when the Soviets sided with the xabash right or wrong we were in position to kick them out..

We may not have been a production super house but we were independent enough to not only survive but also progress on our own unlike majority of former colonies during that time.

So yes I am serious..besides it's a historical fact that Somalia had announced independence of foreign aid..I didn't make it up..