AHC: Wank Somalia

With a POD no earlier than 1960, wank Somalia. Preferably by 2018 make them become a G20-level economy.
 
Could Somalia win Ogaden War? I think that this is only way expand Somalia. Perhaps it could too capture Djibouti.
 
Could Somalia win Ogaden War? I think that this is only way expand Somalia.

I don't know the specifics. Perhaps if Ethiopia was even more in disarray, capturing Ogaden would give them natural gas.

Then they would need a long peace and don't stray too much into the nonaligned camp so that foreign investors could start prospecting and build the necessary infrastructure without too much worry.

Perhaps it could too capture Djibouti.

I doubt the French would ever accept that.
 
1. All Somali territories (Somalia, Somaliland, French Somaliland, NFD province of Kenya and the Somali Galbeed) are united as a single country from the get go. Important because their neighbours were abusing their Somali citizens which inflamed Somali nationalism.
2. Make the union between Somalia and Somaliland be more equitable so that its less a hostile takeover and more a union. It'll cut down on corruption as well and strengthen institutions.
3. Somalia was mauling Ethiopia in the Ogaden war so make the Soviets stay out and they'll win the war or let any other dictator then Siad Barre hold power during the war and they'll win. Getting the Ogaden region will be a boon for Somali nationalism and it'll let them take control of of the mouths of the Juba and Shabelle rivers. Plus it cuts down on the long ugly border they have with Ethiopia.
4. They avoid war with neighbours and focus solely on the economy first and the army second. They held one of the largest mechanized armies in Africa so putting less focus on it and more on the economy and general infrastructue would go a long way.
5. No coups by the army and their parliamentary democracy continues on which doesn't frighten Djibouti when they finally gain independence, thus they join the union as well.
6. Staying peaceful and drilling oil to supply governmental revenues and firmly staying pro-Western to have the United States help in destabilizing Ethiopia when they turn communist.
 
DBWI: What if Somalia didn't have 80% of the world's lithium?

(Yes, I know this involves an ASB that grants Somalia the resource, but my main point is that discovering a massive natural resource reserve would provide an infusion of much needed capital.)
 
In my mind such wanks have to be from the bottom up rather than top down. So at some point (someone might provide the political event?) a redistribution of land in some political turmoil lucks out and by sheer fluke of circumstance and lands on exactly the right distribution of land tenure (these things tends to be made up by the people in power for their own reasons, eventually someone could get it right) where the the bulk of the Somali population are fed from broad based subsistence farming while some capacity is left over for the cultivation of cash crops. Within a couple of years the Somali people are well fed and a couple of years after that the Government is receiving a steady revenue stream from millions of small taxpayers.

The rest writes itself.
 
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