Chapter 1338: A fake Somalia

Xiao Peng looked around and asked Mukala: "Mukala, didn't it mean that Somalia has to protect yourself with real guns? How do I think you all have a relaxed look?"
Mukala was taken aback after hearing this, and then burst into laughter: "Mr. Xiao, you don't understand, we are in Somalia now, not in Somalia. This is Somaliland. Don't say that this is Somalia when you are here. , Let’s talk about Somaliland."
Xiao Peng was puzzled when he heard this. Mukala explained: "In 1991, Somalia was caught in a warlord melee. At that time, the Somali National Movement (SNM), which was the mainstay of the Isaacs, occupied the area and declared its independence. It is divided into three, namely Somaliland in the north, Puntland in the east and Somalia in the south. However, the independence of Somaliland has not been recognized internationally. It can only be regarded as five of the 18 provinces of Somalia. Somalia is also now Composed of these three regions, Somaliland and Puntland both claim to be independent, but Somalia says we are an inseparable part. The same is true internationally. Only Somalia is recognized, not the Republic of Somaliland and the Republic of Puntland. Like Puntland, where there are many pirates, and Somalia where there are many terrorist attacks, Somaliland is one of the most stable countries in the whole of Africa. There is no need for protection here."
Xiao Peng and Yang Meng looked at each other. This Somalia is really strange. The most chaotic and stable area in Africa is in one country?
But it looks stable here, but. . . . . . poor!
This can be seen from the scale of this international airport!
When Xiao Peng heard that this is the most stable place in Somalia, he felt a little disappointed. This is not the same as Somalia in his imagination!
At this moment, a convoy entered the airport. This was obviously not Mukala’s convoy. His convoy was originally parked at the airport. As soon as he got off the plane, a few bodyguards drove off. Where did this team come from?
Not to mention, the all-inclusive China Great Wall looks strange and kind.
When a black man got off a car, he was over sixty years old. He was wearing a suit and wearing a suit in such hot weather. Xiao Peng found a problem. The black people here value the sense of ritual. Mukala wore a suit, and the person who got off the car also wore a suit.
Mukala knew someone, and just about to say hello, he saw that person stepping towards Xiao Peng and squeezing Xiao Peng's hand vigorously: "You are Mr. Xiao, right? I'm the President of Somaliland, Dahir Reale-Ka. Xin, it’s good for you to call me Dahir, thank you Huaxia, and thank you for traveling far and wide to guide our fishery work. Mr. Xiao, when I know that the fishery experts assisting Cuba will come to us to help the fishery poverty alleviation project, don’t you Knowing how excited we are! The UN's "magnet" project to rescue us is a good project, but we are still unable to play their role because of technology. When we know that there are experts to guide our work, I am very excited! You are so timely!"
Xiao Peng was dumbfounded when Dashir said something, and Yang Meng poked him: "Lao Lu! Lao Lu!"
Xiao Peng came back to his senses! Damn, it's no wonder that he said he was coming to Harge Salu and he wanted him to go! It turned out to be such a reason! He had greeted here a long time ago. So I don’t worry about what will happen to me at all!
But you are so special that you told me to make me mentally prepared! This caught me by surprise!
naughty!
By the way, who would tell me what the "magnet" project he said was! He will guide the "magnet" technique? What to guide? Do the same attract and the opposite repel each other?
Mukala rolled his eyes: "President Dahir, this time our charity fund assisted Somaliland's 20 fishing boats, in fact, they were all donated by Mr. Xiao!"
Dashir heard this, shaking his little hand even more: "Mr. Xiao, I really did not expect you to be such a kind person. Your twenty fishing boats are really helpful to our country's fishery development! What is our country? There is a shortage of materials. Although there is a long coastline and rich fishery resources, there have been no advanced fishing boats. I am not afraid of your jokes. There are not even a few trawlers. The fishery can’t develop. Your 20 fishing boats really help. We are very busy! Our government has made a decision and is ready to make full use of these 20 fishing boats to further improve people's livelihood."
Only then did Xiao Peng come back to his senses, it turned out that 20 of his 70 ships were sent here.
"Mr. Xiao, you are really a good friend of our Somaliland people! Long live the friendship between the two peoples of Huasuo!" Dahir said excitedly.
After hearing this, Xiao Peng coughed dryly, "Hmm, long live! Long live!"
Dahir said happily, "Mr. Xiao, we have prepared a dinner party at the Presidential Palace. Please, please."
Although Xiao Peng was rather dumbfounded, he still got in the car together. Leaving the airport together. Dahir sat in the co-pilot's seat and introduced Xiao Peng to the scenery along the way.
In other words, this Hargeisa is much more prosperous than Xiao Peng imagined! Completely subverted Xiao Peng's imagination of Somalia.
This is a city located in a valley with a very large population. At least five times more prosperous than the Quetta seen in Pakistan! There are also buildings everywhere-even though there are no tall buildings, there are five or six floors of buildings everywhere. It feels like a match with China's rural county. And the population is very large, very lively.
From Dahir’s introduction, Xiao Peng learned a little bit about this
country
. Since the
independence
of Somaliland in 1991, no country has recognized their legitimacy, and it is still a
non-existent country
. , But people here don’t think so. They have their own parliament, their own government, their own national anthem, their own flag, army, police, and currency. It is a virtually independent country.
Somalia saw a sculpture on the street. It was an old-fashioned MiG that was shot down during the war, reminding people that peace is not easy. Therefore, compared with other countries in Africa, the government is clean and democratic, and religious laws are not implemented. Therefore, the whole country is stable and harmonious, much better than many countries in Africa-it is also a wonderful country.
You must know that Somaliland is also an Islamic country, and there are really not many Islamic countries in the world that do not implement religious laws. This is one of them.
And although Huaxia did not recognize this country, it has developed really well here: Huaxia Motors can be seen everywhere on the street, mainly Great Wall Motors. They are now sitting on the Great Wall Self ------ the presidential car is Self? Ha ha da. . . . . .
What's more awesome is that Huawei is also very good here! The communication network here is very good. Now Somaliland people also use their mobile phones to pay. Everyone has a fixed account on their mobile phone, and can deposit and pay and receive money. Here including billboards and business cards will write their own payment account to facilitate payment.
The popularity of mobile payment here is not comparable to the Stars and Stripes! Bull X!
However, there is no way for people to pay with their mobile phones. Due to the economic downturn, the currency depreciation here is serious. The most ubiquitous business here is: selling money!
The currency of Somaliland is called the Somaliland shilling, and it has only three denominations: five hundred, one thousand, and five thousand, almost seven thousand to ten thousand Somaliland exchanges for one dollar. Because the locals also don't trust the national currency, a way to make money is born, that is, selling money! There is even a banknote market in the city center:
Bundles of banknotes are piled all over the street. There are no police or security guards around, and there is no safe, so I tied the money with a rope and piled it on the ground without worrying about being robbed. , Like Chinese cabbage waiting for wholesale.
It's also because the money here is not money, and you have to pay a lot of money for a meal. It turns out that if you want to buy something expensive and important when you go out, you have to carry a bag of money when you go out. The mobile payment made by Huawei here is a big problem for the people. . . . . .
However, although Somaliland is a stable and peaceful country, it also has problems-poverty.
It stands to reason that Somaliland shouldn't be poor!
They have Berbera, a good port for transportation. Ethiopia has no sea port. If you want to export goods, you have to go to Berama Port in Somaliland. There are also cave paintings of LaasGaal, the most attractive spot in the Horn of Africa. There are also tourist attractions such as the historical city of Zela during the Ottoman Empire, as well as beautiful sea views, coral reefs and beaches, plus a peaceful and stable political situation, he shouldn't be so poor.
But unfortunately they can't stand them! The world does not recognize the Republic of Somaliland, only Somalia. Next to it is Puntland, which is flooded with pirates. It is too late to escape from this sea area. Who dares to stop at the port here? By the same token, people only know Somalia but not Somaliland. Who dares to come here for sightseeing?
It turned out that the livestock industry here is also very developed, and millions of poultry are exported from here to the Middle East every year. However, when the animal husbandry industry was developing at its best, standing valley fever broke out. All animal husbandry exports were completely stopped. Although exports are now resumed, the blow to their animal husbandry is fatal.
And there is a rather weird legal regulation here, probably to protect the safety of foreign tourists. Therefore, it is stipulated here that if foreigners come to Somaliland, as long as they leave the capital Hargeisa, they must hire gun security personnel to protect their safety. Therefore, in the eyes of people, they think that law and order here is very poor.
So no matter how the economy develops here, it can't go up ------ bad luck!
But there is also an advantage here, that is because it is the most stable place in Somalia, so all the United Nations relief projects for Somalia have been sent here-although Somalia is more in need than Puntland and Somaliland. Rescue. But when the relief supplies were delivered to those two places, they couldn't reach the hands of the people at all---they were intercepted by the ‘people with energy’!
For example, the "magnet" that Dashir said is the project of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the European Union to rescue Somalia. It is a total of 25 fish collectors. They say they are helping the poor in Somalia. In fact, 25 "magnets" are In Somaliland. How about putting it in Somalia or Puntland? Maybe it's been dragged out to sell scrap iron!
However, these items were delivered, but the experts were not delivered. The relevant agricultural officials in Somaliland looked at the items in a daze. How to use these items? Seeing such a simple thing can solve the problem of food and clothing for local fishermen?
This thing does not seem to be as practical as the twenty fishing boats sent by Mukala!
Although Dahir knows exactly what Mukala is, he sent fishing boats to expand his influence, but Somaliland is also a barren country, and there are border disputes with Puntland, so a lot of things need Mukala. Get it. Twenty advanced fishing boats like this are really much better than any "magnet" of the United Nations in their eyes!
Those ‘magnets’ can give them a big problem-how to deal with it? Where to put it as a display? What should the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations do to stop its assistance to Somaliland after the incident?
At this moment, good friends of Somaliland, China in the far east extended a helping hand, and they sent fishery experts.
When Dashir asked about Xiao Peng’s information, he was shocked that even the
advanced countries
like Cuba need him to conduct fishery guidance. If he comes here to conduct fishery guidance for Somaliland fishermen That's great!
Xiao Peng spent three days in Hargeisa. Except for a one-day meeting with Somaliland government agriculture and fishery experts, he spent the remaining two days on the streets of Hargeisa to experience life here.
By the way, Xiao Peng really suspected that he had arrived in a fake Somalia. Everyone on the street here is very enthusiastic. If you find someone to ask for directions, you will be surrounded by a dozen people in an instant, probably because you rarely see foreign faces. . . . . . It is also a standard Islamic country. When the horn of the minaret rang, most people go to the mosque to worship with the A-Xun. When worshiping, the whole country stops.
And the life here is not as poor as imagined, at least in this kind of white rice that can be eaten at every meal, lamb chops are big, cheap and delicious - this is the staple food of the people here. You can often see people walking with sheep on the street.
In fact, there is a very lively camel and goat trading market on the outskirts of Hargeisa, where men sell camels and women sell sheep. The price of a camel is high, about six hundred dollars a head, but what about sheep? One 400 yuan. Almost all families here raise sheep and camels. With sheep and camels, the family basically has no worries about eating and drinking - meat can be eaten, milk can be drunk, and cheese is endless.
Generally speaking, the people here are indeed not rich, but they are not as poor as imagined, there are also many cars, and people are not hungry. It's much better than expected.
After two days in Hargeisa, Xiao Peng and others, accompanied by Dahir and relevant officials, drove to Berbera mightily.
Why not take a plane?
The special Xiao Peng really doesn't want to take that presidential plane! If this continues, Xiao Peng will almost have a ‘phobia’!