Posté 05 juin 2007 - 08:28
I think it is hypocritical to blame IOG for all the miseries in Djibouti, and people who support him know that even though the situation is not 100% good, he's trying to do good with what Djibouti's got. It's a no brainer that Djibouti has no fertile land, huge territory, rivers and oil potentials like Somalia, hence expecting a lot from him is kind of impossible. Somalia with all its potentials isn't even capable of that, God gave Somalia many natural resources over Djibouti i.e. oil, land, fertile land, rivers, large coastal areas full of fish etc... and these blood-thirsty tribesmen can't even sit down and talk about the future of their country and people because they all want POWER and control over everyone else. There is not civil war in any African country except in Somalia, and that hinders development and investment in the Horn, which could improve the livelihood of its people and stop the migration from happening. But as long as there is gonna be instability in that part of the world, companies are not going to invest in it, and no investments mean no money to build institutions and private ventures and that worsens these economies which decrease the standard of living and that in turn incites people to leave and go elsewhere to build a better future. Djiboutian leaders have done a great job of united the country and worked towards a lasting peace something that the Issak , Darod, Hawiyeh are not capable of doing and frankly don’t have the cranial capacity for it and as long as they will not mature and become real men and face the challenge for uniting their country there’s not going to be realistic developments in the Horn of Africa, a place where all the experts agree can become an economic powerhouse because of its proximity to Arabian and now Sudanese oil fields and where 60 % of the traffic to Europe goes trough.