As the World Goes Around: Somalia

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Has he thought of a big horn ? ' ' This is not that horn . Horn of Africa ! Somalia is in the north-east of Africa , called 'Horn of Africa' in English . In the 19th century , the southern part of Somalia was ruled by Italy and the northern part by England . Both in the Politically united , the Somali Republic was formed . I went there for work in the mid -eighties and stayed there for three years . What a country it is ! Late seventies . It was the height of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States . In Cold War calculations , if war broke out in the Mediterranean countries , the United States needed an air force base in nearby Africa to attack the region from a short distance . Alva Bol in its tactical account Somalia came and fell .

The United States is friendly with Somalia , which is located on the coast of the Gulf of Aden , very close to the Mediterranean countries (Gulf/Middle East) in the special-data northwest of Africa . American recommendation . _ Somalia received foreign development projects from the United Nations , the World Bank , and the United States Aid Agency  . Money flowed . A lot of money went to the foreign accounts of President Mohamed Siad Barre . Foreign developmental experts and assistants arrived in Somalia under overseas developmental projects . _ Instead , Berbera , a port city in northern Somalia ( _ There is a small airfield ) given by President Burre for American war preparations . From it was lent by Somalia for use by the Soviet Union .



This agreement with the US in angered the Cold War enemy, the Soviet Union . But Somalia , with American blessing , will see this in two weeks time All the Soviet experts , engineers and workers who were staying and working there were taken out of the country . Good people bought from America ! In this way, during the 20 -year rule of Barre , the Soviet Union and the United States changed their minds ; Somalia played ! _ Let international politics lie . Let's move on to other things about life in Somalia . In 1986, when I moved to Somalia for office , I traveled to Delhi - Bombay - Nairobi - Mogadishu . When I was about to land at the airport of Mogadishu , the capital city (Mogadishu or Mogadiscio-Italian version), I looked down through the window .