Somali Government with Canadian content

[leonardcohen]

http://www.garoweonline.com/stories/publis...icle_7172.shtml

This is just an interesting story i came across and i would like to get some feedback on.

I find it encouraging that there are people willing to go back to try to rebuild Somalia which is so devastated by war when they could have,very easily, stayed in their adopted country and never looked back.

Perhaps i am being naive to think they could,with their determination and skill and more then a little luck start to put Somalia on the right path to sustainability.

Thoughts?

[Melanie_]

This is an interesting perspective I wasn't aware of. How will a Canadian world view, superimposed on a Somalian world view, impact policy and governance models in this country? Mogadishu was in the papers again today with an airstrike and general chaos; they are a long way from peace. Also, will it be an asset or a liability to the new government to have such a strong Western influence? Another issue could be the dependence on the Western influenced politicians, and a marginalization of those who stayed.

[BC_chick]

http://www.garoweonline.com/stories/publis...icle_7172.shtml

This is just an interesting story i came across and i would like to get some feedback on.

I find it encouraging that there are people willing to go back to try to rebuild Somalia which is so devastated by war when they could have,very easily, stayed in their adopted country and never looked back.

Perhaps i am being naive to think they could,with their determination and skill and more then a little luck start to put Somalia on the right path to sustainability.

Thoughts?

Sadly enough, a large proportion of Africans who come to Canada are the most educated of all Africans and numbers show that most of them DON'T go back. I was reading an article on the issue of Africa's brain-Drain in Maclean's just the other day. In fact, I believe it's in the current issue if you are interested in reading it.

[Fortunata]

And then there is this:

Somalia silences Canadian voices

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/171467

[leonardcohen]

And then there is this:

Somalia silences Canadian voices

http://www.thestar.com/News/article/171467

I read about this in the local newspaper last week and was discouraged by it.

It seems that the transitional government is trying to flex its' muscles to see if anyone is going to take them

seriously and the radio station makes an easy target.

It's hard to see what kind of threat the radio station poses,hopefully cooler heads will prevail

and they'll back down when they realize that.

One question though,would there be any kind of resentment among the people about

those who left for a better life coming back to be part of the ruling class?