Red Alert Somalia

The Republic of Somalia is located on the Somali Peninsula, the easternmost part of the African continent, with an area of ​​nearly 640,000 square kilometers and a population of 10.4 million (estimated figures, there is no way to count.), bordering the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean in the east, and Kenya and Ethiopia in the west. It is bordered by the border with Jibb in the northwest, most of the area has a tropical desert climate, and the southwest has a tropical grassland climate, with high temperature all year round, dry and drier.The coastline is 3,200 kilometers long, and its strategic position is very important. It has always been a strategic location for competition among major powers.

The country is divided into two major ethnic groups, Samal and Sabu.The Samal tribe is composed of four tribes: dir, isaq, hawiye, and darud.Most of them are nomads, all over Somalia.

The Sabu tribe is composed of the Digil tribe and the Rahanweyn tribe. The population is small. They live in the fertile area of ​​the two river basins between the Shabelle and Juba rivers in southern Somalia. They live a combination of agriculture and animal husbandry. life.In addition to the two major ethnic groups of Samal and Sabu, Somalia also has some smaller ethnic groups, mainly Somali Bantu and Swahili.The official languages ​​of Somalia are Somali and Arabic, and English and Italian are also spoken.Islam is the state religion of Somalia and belongs to the Sufism sect.

Since the fall of the Siad regime in 1991, Somalia has been in a state of anarchy in which the warlords have separatist armed forces and the country is torn apart.The various factions in the country have stopped and stopped, and after continuous differentiation and combination, a pattern of Mogadishu factions such as Somaliland, Puntland, Rahanvinland and Aidid has gradually formed.

The international community has made 12 mediation claims without results.After the signing of the Transitional Charter, the harsh political environment in Somalia took a turn for the better. However, although the leaders of the Transitional Federal Government were welcomed by the Somali people, due to factional conflicts, the Transitional Government has so far failed to enter the capital Mogadishu. Can work in Johar and Baidoa.There has been no substantial change in the situation where the local political and military factions dominate.

At present, there are three main forces in the country, the transitional government, the alliance of warlords, and sect forces.Although most of Somalia is currently maintained by the transitional government established in October 2004, the warlord alliance and sectarian armed forces do not support this government.The capital, Mogadishu, has become the focus of competition among several factions. Violent incidents have occurred from time to time, causing the transitional government to move outside the capital.The entanglement of interests between the various tribes is complicated and difficult to distinguish. This East African country is still in a melee of various political factions, and the weak and weak Somali Transitional Government cannot control this warlord country.

According to the 2004 Economic Quarterly Review, Somalia has a population of 10.4 million with a natural growth rate of 2.2%, and most of them are Somalis.The country is divided into two major ethnic groups, Samalai and Sabu.The Samalai tribe accounts for more than 80% of the country's population and is divided into four tribes: Darode, Hawiye, Isaac and Dir.The Sabu tribe is divided into two tribes, Dijir and Lahan.These six tribes are divided into dozens of sub-tribes.

However, these tribes have little to do with Li Lan now, because he is now in the northeast corner of Somalia, which is the place with the most pirates in Somalia.To the north is the Gulf of Aden, a place that has attracted worldwide attention.Only more than 300 kilometers away from him is Bosasso, one of the few large cities in Somalia.

The main population of Somalia is generally clustered around the city, while there are not many major cities in Somalia. Except for tribal gathering places, few small towns exist.

The place where Li Lan is located can be regarded as the most fringe of the Bossasso gathering place, and you can't even see it. Except for the rich Somali people who have camels, few people come to this place.This is also the reason why Li Lan came here for a few days without being discovered.If the place where Li Lan is located is the celestial dynasty, let alone the sky full of satellite attention, it is the normal movement of people, which can be called magical without being discovered.

Through these days of gradual understanding, Li Lan also has some basic understanding of this country.

The economy is dominated by animal husbandry, and it is one of the countries with the most livestock per capita in the world.About 80% of the population live on animal husbandry and semi-agricultural and semi-animal husbandry.There are many sheep and cattle, and it is also the country with the most camels in the world.Mainly nomadic or semi-nomadic.Cultivated land is mainly concentrated in the southern Juba and Shabelle river basins.The crops include bananas, sugarcane, cotton, sorghum, corn and so on.Specialty frankincense, myrrh and gum arabic.It is one of the world's largest spice producer.

The industries include food, cigarettes, leather, textiles, sugar, building materials, canned fish and other enterprises.Mining beryl, gypsum, and uranium ore. The unexploited mineral deposits include iron, manganese, niobium, lead, zinc, tin, etc.Livestock and its products account for more than 80% of the total export value. Bananas are the second largest export commodity. Leather, frankincense, myrrh and fish are also exported.

Imported machinery, vehicles, food, daily necessities, etc.There is the only railway in the territory, which was built with Chinese aid in the 1970s, and the land transportation is mainly by road.

Somalia is one of the least developed countries in the world.The economy is dominated by animal husbandry, and the industrial foundation is weak.In the early 1970s, due to the excessive nationalization policy, coupled with natural disasters and other factors, the economy was in serious difficulties.In the 1980s, with the support of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, it adjusted economic policies, emphasized the priority of agricultural development, gradually implemented economic liberalization, eased trade restrictions, encouraged foreign and private investment, removed agricultural product price controls, and implemented shillings (Somali currency ) Depreciation, US dollar auctions, and fiscal austerity measures, the economy once improved.

After 1991, due to successive years of civil unrest, industrial and agricultural production and infrastructure were severely damaged, and the economy collapsed.There are basically no factories in Somalia today. The previous industries closed down one after another during the turmoil.Even the only railway is now abandoned. If the whole society were not for the proliferation of guns and a small number of cars, I am afraid that it would be a feudal era.

Somalia is one of the countries with very rich fisheries in the world. It is estimated that the annual catch can reach 250,000 tons. However, due to the backward fishing methods and low market sales, the annual catch is only about 20,000 tons.Since Somalia does not have a strong central government, the phenomenon of poaching by foreign fishing vessels in the territorial waters of Somalia is serious.Some factions in Somalia also sell fishing licenses to foreign fishing companies.

And because of pirates, many Somali fishermen cannot go to sea at all, not because of pirates, but because of the international forces against piracy.As long as it is a Somali fishing boat, it will face all kinds of difficulties when it goes out to sea. Many fishermen are presumably painted as pirates, and even the fishing boats with bad luck will be destroyed.

Therefore, despite the abundant fisheries, due to various reasons, the fisheries in its own territorial waters and exclusive economic zones are actually owned by other countries.

The main economic pillar of Somalia, its output value accounts for about 40% of GDP.It mainly breeds cattle, sheep, and camels (the country with the largest number of camels in the world, estimated to have about 6.7 million in 2012), etc. In 2012, the export of livestock products accounted for 85% of total exports.

The transportation industry is backward, and the territory is dominated by roads, and there is no intact railway.

Highways: The main roads are 15,215 kilometers in length, of which 2,880 kilometers are asphalted roads. Except for some roads in Somaliland, most of them are in disrepair.Inland transportation mainly relies on cars and camels.

Water transport: Maritime transport occupies an important position. The main ports are Mogadishu and Kismayo in the south, and Berbera and Bosasso in the north.Due to the occasional fighting in the south, the two ports in the north undertake the main shipping tasks.However, due to backward terminal facilities, throughput is very limited.

Air transportation: There are 61 airports of various sizes, most of which are in poor conditions and the runways are not paved.Mogadishu and Berbera have international airports that can take off and land large passenger aircraft.In 2001, the national airline, Somalia Airlines, was rebuilt, but neither Somaliland nor Puntland allowed its aircraft to take off and land in the two places.

In March 2001, Ethiopian Airlines opened a flight from Addis Ababa to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, every two weeks.In addition, United Nations aircraft carrying aid materials often take off and land in Somalia.

Communication: In 2012, Somalia had 1,200 Internet users, and the number of fixed and mobile phones per 1,000 people was 1.5.

Due to the continuous civil war, the public security situation in Somalia has deteriorated, prices have soared, necessities are in short supply, and the lives of residents are insecure.The level of healthcare is the worst among African countries.In 2012, there was only one public hospital and 62 private clinics in the capital Mogadishu. There was a serious shortage of doctors and medicines. Less than one-third of the population had access to medical services, and more than 75% of the population had no safe drinking water.According to estimates by the United Nations Development Program, the average life expectancy in Somalia is 47 years old in 2012, the malnutrition rate of children under 5 years old is 25.8%, and the infant mortality rate is about 25%.

Rao Li Lan, who has a Red Police base in his hands, is also very troubled to see the Somali information that his assistant is processing.This is more than backward, it is simply unbearable.

Just as Li Lan was planning for the future in his mind, a door appeared on the iron fence outside the magnetic energy reactor next to him, and a reminder that the magnetic energy reactor was completed came in his mind.

The assistant's prompt interrupted Li Lan's worry about the future.

I glanced at the general next to him. Unknowingly, half an hour has passed, and the thigh bone that the general licked with relish before disappeared. Looking at his tongue, he swiped his mouth from time to time. In the aftertaste.

Perhaps seeing the general's somewhat dull and enjoyable appearance, Li Lan's mouth curled up slightly, and said in his heart: "The future seems to be sudden and not terrible."