From This Is Zimbabwe:
Would you plan a holiday to Somalia…?
I wouldn’t.
All I know of Somalia are the images I see on 24 hour news channels: gun-toting bandits shooting from the hip and spraying bullets down battered streets, looking as if their military training came via comic book villains.
Or pirates hijacking ships and holding sailors and cargo worth billions hostage.
The thought of a holiday there hardly fills me with anticipatory excitement … so no, I wouldn’t go there!
So imagine my shock when I saw the latest Failed States Index for 2009. The only state worse than Zimbabwe is Somalia. Our country is the second most failed state in the world. And it’s not even as if we’re trailing far behind Somalia either: we’re a mere 0.7 points below them.
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My Comment: The Foreign Policy list of Failed States is here. I disagree with some of their assessments .... I would label Canada as most stable .... but the entire post is still an informative read.