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2010-10-27 Africa Horn

Somalia tops list of most corrupt states

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 There must be many corrupt regimes in Africa, Mugabi comes to mind!

Our allies? Pakistan and Saudi are known for their backhanders!

North Korea and Iran must be up there!

Posted by Paul2 2010-10-27 05:52|| 2010-10-27 05:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Somalia is actually three countries:
Somaliland (northeast)
Puntland (northwest)
SouthCentral (with Mogadishu the capital)

Only SouthCentral is dysfunctional

yet the UN persists in spending all its money on the Transitional Federal Government which controls about 2 blocks of Mogadishu at a cost of millions

Plenty of brave, funny Sufi Somalis are getting hammered at the hands of the fundamentalist Shabaab

it is a shame. that country is the mess it is because of the misallocation of UN funds.

Posted by anon1 2010-10-27 08:13|| 2010-10-27 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 oops that should read

Somaliland is northWEST

and Puntland is northEAST

Posted by anon1 2010-10-27 08:15|| 2010-10-27 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 States? Where are MA, IL and CA on that list?

Posted by Alan Cramer 2010-10-27 10:48|| 2010-10-27 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 lolwut

You need a government and economy to have corruption

Posted by HEU 2010-10-27 11:05|| 2010-10-27 11:05|| Front Page Top

#6 You need a government and economy to have corruption

"You wanna buy milk for your baby, Mrs. Customer? Show me what's under that pretty blouse, and I'll see what I can do..."

All that is needed is something worth trading and those who need it, and the corruptible need nothing more. There are plenty of societies where nothing happens without a little giftie to make it happen, inside and outside the government -- on non-government, as the case may be.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-10-27 18:17|| 2010-10-27 18:17|| Front Page Top

#7 You need a government and economy to have corruption

No, you merely need greed, power, and opportunity. The Somali clans have plenty of all three.

Posted by Pappy 2010-10-27 21:26|| 2010-10-27 21:26|| Front Page Top

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