DBAHC: Screw Somalia

Today, Somalia is one of the richest country in the world, and only african country to be member of OECD and G20.

With its geographical location as a horn of africa, it became something of African Singapore, a country that profits from being a free trading post.

Was it inevitable? Your challenge is to screw somalia as bad as possible without ASB.
 
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One way to start is to have an Ethiopian famine spread into Somalia. If it puts too much strain on their government, it could weaken Somalia (though the Somali government is one of the best-run in the world and it would have to be one hell of a famine to put a major dent in it.)

I suppose if the government becomes bloated and ineffective by spreading itself too thin, it could make Somalia a weaker state, but I can’t imagine a Somalia much worse than that.
 
I suppose if the government becomes bloated and ineffective by spreading itself too thin, it could make Somalia a weaker state, but I can’t imagine a Somalia much worse than that.
one way to achieve that would be Assassination attempt on Shermarke in 1969 succeed.
or Make Aden Adde a dictator. after all, Somalia was the First African country to have peaceful transition of government upon election. if it doen't, than somalia cound end up like other african countries.
 
Make The Italian tries of conquest The Somaliland successful, so the S XIX Majeerete Sultanate don't develop his strong organised and centralized State and his organs. That are the base of the modern Somalia.
His diplomatic play of The Europeans powers and The Ottomans to maintain his independence and modernize his state are a textbook example of a non-western state successful modernization, the other paradigmatic example is Japan.
Make the Sultanate a run of the mill European colony and there you have another screwed African post-colonial state, and Italian one to screw more the country

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Make The Italian tries of conquest The Somaliland successful, so the S XIX Majeerete Sultanate don't develop his strong organised and centralized State and his organs. That are the base of the modern Somalia.
His diplomatic play of The Europeans powers and The Ottomans to maintain his independence and modernize his state are a textbook example of a non-western state successful modernization, the other paradigmatic example is Japan.
Make the Sultanate a run of the mill European colony and there you have another screwed African post-colonial state, and Italian one to screw more the country

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This was inevitable after the Completion of Suez Canal, which the sultanate realize its potential as one of famous trading center.
 
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