350,000 deaths in the past 12 years alone. This is not even accounting for the deaths caused by ISIS, banditry, kidnappings and other criminal activities.
350,000! Al Shabab has absolutely nothing on Boko Haram when it comes to the scale of devastation it has caused. Only ~4000-5000 deaths tops are attributed to al shabab this past decade.
However Nigeria is still a functioning government, reason being the government is based in the south where as all the chaos is in the North.
Somalia on the other hand is held hostage as it’s government is based where the insurgency is strong.
Is the obvious solution not just to move the capita north? Why is this solution never even considered?
Move capital north & all the NGOs and foreign diplomats will follow and government can begin stage building in peace. Government employees no longer under constant threat of attacks & assassinations.
Doesn’t matter where the capital is exactly, anywhere north of Galkacyo will do.
My hunch is this, Somalia is so undeveloped, there isn’t anywhere but Mogadishu to host the government. There is no building like Villa Somalia anywhere else in the country. So it isn’t even a matter of political will. But my counter point to this is most government agencies already run from hotels in Mogadishu and it isn’t difficult to build a new Villa Somalia elsewhere.
350,000! Al Shabab has absolutely nothing on Boko Haram when it comes to the scale of devastation it has caused. Only ~4000-5000 deaths tops are attributed to al shabab this past decade.
However Nigeria is still a functioning government, reason being the government is based in the south where as all the chaos is in the North.
Somalia on the other hand is held hostage as it’s government is based where the insurgency is strong.
Is the obvious solution not just to move the capita north? Why is this solution never even considered?
Move capital north & all the NGOs and foreign diplomats will follow and government can begin stage building in peace. Government employees no longer under constant threat of attacks & assassinations.
Doesn’t matter where the capital is exactly, anywhere north of Galkacyo will do.
My hunch is this, Somalia is so undeveloped, there isn’t anywhere but Mogadishu to host the government. There is no building like Villa Somalia anywhere else in the country. So it isn’t even a matter of political will. But my counter point to this is most government agencies already run from hotels in Mogadishu and it isn’t difficult to build a new Villa Somalia elsewhere.