OPINION Why is Djibouti such a hell hole?

[Abdisamad]

Lol i have noticed that shit to. As soon when somebody adeers go in to office they become very wadani



They even start singing the maanta maanta song

Don't get me in the mood ninyahow..

When my abti was in office.. This song

 

[Abdisamad]

But don't let my PL cousins see this


They might publicly hang me in Garowe town center for enjoying kacaan songs

 

[Galmudug-State]

IOG is an uneducated tribalist guy.
He got his job through his uncle, Hassan Gueled Aptidoon, whose mandate was "to keep Djibouti at peace at all cost!", and the cost was: extreme poverty, no proper infrastructure, and nepotism.
IOG at least did extend our ports (making it one of the busiest on Earth),
but he nearly forgot to draw a clearer political dogma.
His first measures in 1999 were to "reform the Educational System", henceforth, "to give, equally, to all Djiboutians an Education, in which the Teachers are fulfilled, trained corrected and paid consequently".
In Reality; as my own father was a teacher (and many others in my family), IOG just cut off the governmental budget to teachers for the matter of a few months.
But for impoverished people, we struggled to put a few foods on our table.
Luckily, we weren't poor but my father hated it asking for money from his parents.


Nonetheless,
IOG did rearrange our administrative regions, rebuilding former roads and railroads built by the French, while he extended new terminals for our ports.
Socially, people have more jobs but they are still uneducated (or poorly. No true institutions; no budget, no teachers! ).
While the richest have better assets, with the State Approval, the poor can't escape misery and low-paying jobs.

With our National Debts crumbling, hold tightly by the Chinese,
I believe we'd need decades, if not centuries to build a Second-World Country (countries like Egypt have similar GDP's per capita as Djibouti, but their people have better access to basic education, better housing prospects, less social misery and better job opportunities! the Cost of living of Djibouti is horrendous. Only Angola has beaten us kkkkk)

Please don't end up like Lebanon, watch out for debt, it is worse than civil war.

When I look at Djibouti, I become even more proud of my people. We don't have government, no services. But we are creative and resourceful people, good in business. My people done well for themselves, we too are poor but our cost of living is low, despite the rise this past decade of inflation and the collapse of the Somali shilling.

10 decades ago Ethiopia invaded us, we stood tall, defend our selves, today we defeated fagash Farmajoo who tried to exterminate and strangle us. We fend off Al-shabab. Look at Mogadishu today despite out struggles and hardships. Galmudug on the rise plus Hiirshebelle.

 

[Mujahid Nur Marehan]

It's because of the weather. If a place has a great weather it has 90% blessing.

 

[Galmudug-State]

The got the same weather as Oman. Didn't stop them from becoming great.

 

[Odayga_Jabuuti]

I think that the djiboutian president is doing a great job in keeping the country stable.
Look at the neighboring countries (Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Yemen), they are all in war.
As long as the country is stable, people will get access to education, other countries will invest, the average djiboutian can build his own business in the country without worrying about a civil war.
Of course there is widespread poverty and corruption but this is something every nation has to face in order to become developped. As someone who grew up there (and goes back to visit from time to time), I can definitely say that the situation today is better than 10 years ago and it's still improving.

 

[BigBreak]

@Odayga_Jabuuti maybe the president should be praised but Djibouti is stable because there is peace in all three countries that border Djibouti (Somaliland, Ethiopia and Eritrea). In particular the part of Ethiopia that borders Djibouti is peaceful unlike far away Tigray

 

[Odayga_Jabuuti]

@Odayga_Jabuuti maybe the president should be praised but Djibouti is stable because there is peace in all three countries that border Djibouti (Somaliland, Ethiopia and Eritrea). In particular the part of Ethiopia that borders Djibouti is peaceful unlike far away Tigray

I wouldn't say peace but rather instability.
Ethiopia and Eritrea are unstable.
By the way, Eritrea attacked Djibouti in 2008 and still holds some land from us and Ethiopia is currently invading itself.
The borders are also unstable, thousands of migrants cross the ethiopian border to go to Djibouti (sometimes they settle and try to find a job or sometimes they use Djibouti as a way to go to the Middle East to work in rich oil countries lie Saudi, Qatar, UAE etc...). Whenever you see videos of african migrants travelling to the middle east, keep in mind that they go through Djibouti.
In 2014-2015, we had thousands of refugees from the yemeni civil war too, so this region East Africa/ South Middle east is unstable, a few european diplomats called it the cursed area a few years ago.
The Somaliland border is the only safe border.
So as long as we have peace in the country in this unstable region (the region is still trying to stabilize), that's ok in 2021.

 

[Galmudug-State]

Odayga_Jabuuti with all respect why are the streets of Djibouti so dirty, why do the people look so poor and the infrastructure so ancient? Even Garoowe, a village compared to Hargeysa has clean streets.

Some areas of Mogadishu look better than Djibouti city

 

[Odayga_Jabuuti]

Odayga_Jabuuti with all respect why are the streets of Djibouti so dirty, why do the people look so poor and the infrastructure so ancient? Even Garoowe, a village compared to Hargeysa has clean streets.

Some areas of Mogadishu look better than Djibouti city

The infrastructures, the street renovation are the job of the government, you can't blame it on the people.
So yeah, the government do not always do the job. I have been to many cities in Somaliland (Borama, Hargeysa) and Ethiopia (Jigjiga etc...). Somali cities are not better than Djibouti in terms of cleanliness other than the fact that it's greener so it looks less dirty.
People look so poor because the private sector is non existent, therefore no middle class. This is what happens when government nationalizes everything, I wouldn't say that this country is good when it comes to creating new businesses for the local Djiboutian. But the rich diaspora as always are able to create good ones.

 

[Galmudug-State]

The infrastructures, the street renovation are the job of the government, you can't blame it on the people.
So yeah, the government do not always do the job. I have been to many cities in Somaliland (Borama, Hargeysa) and Ethiopia (Jigjiga etc...). Somali cities are not better than Djibouti in terms of cleanliness other than the fact that it's greener so it looks less dirty.

Cleanness comes from the people not the government. The people have to care about their country and be proud to help keep it clean.

 

[Odayga_Jabuuti]

Cleanness comes from the people not the government. The people have to care about their country and be proud to help keep it clean.

Ok but this is Africa, every african country I have been to had a lot of trash.
Especially cities with a somali majority, Ethiopians were way cleaner than us.

 

[Galmudug-State]

Ok but this is Africa, every african country I have been to had a lot of trash.
Especially cities with a somali majority, Ethiopians were way cleaner than us.

Bro have you seen Rwanda, Kigali?

 

[Mujahid Nur Marehan]

Check out Asmara

 

[Galmudug-State]

Asmara looks clean, which puts greater shame on Djibouti, Somaliland and Somalia.

 

[Mujahid Nur Marehan]

If only Ismaciil Omar Geele had put less emphasis on undermining Somaliweyn, Djibouti would have been like Asmara.

 

[Galmudug-State]

If only Ismaciil Omar Geele had put less emphasis on undermining Somaliweyn, Djibouti would have been like Asmara.

Boon, is Farmajoo now Somaliweyn? The Somaliweyn word is so abused by Midgaans. I guess to you only Abudwaaq is wadani.

 

[Mujahid Nur Marehan]

Boon, is Farmajoo now Somaliweyn?

What's wrong with Horn of Africa coparation its a good thing to counter terrorism. Hopefully soon we will have Eritrean forces in the streets of Garowe and Kismaayo.

 

[Odayga_Jabuuti]

Bro have you seen Rwanda, Kigali?

Okay but Rwanda is an exception, they also have great leader (Paul Kagame).
But you should know that it only applies to less than 15% of african countries, so it's safe to say that most african countries are not clean at all.

 

[Galmudug-State]

What's wrong with Horn of Africa coparation its a good thing to counter terrorism. Hopefully soon we will have Eritrean forces in the 18th Century streets og Garowe and Kismaayo.

Boon, Eritrea illegally occupies Djibouti land.