Kolombo I was getting there sxb. These guys want to look effective, so they downplay other regions they cannot get access to and hype regions they can get access to so their work comes out very efficient in the national level.
Paidmonk, conveniently put a .com in there instead of .org and I went there. Look what they said about Boosaaso's internally displaced population whom they said is majority Raxanweyn, Jareer, Oromo, and some Somali:
UNHCR/UNDP, December 2000, p.34:
"Bossaso town suffered a moderate level of physical destruction and has to cope with poverty and environmental problems. Strongly affected by influx of IDP estimated at 165,000 and returnees (close to 8,000), the district has a limited absorption capacity because of its weak urban services. After the war Bossaso became the most important port of the Northeast, which is a unique employment source."
This is from the UNHCR/UNDP's report in 2000, just when Puntland was made and people start going there.
They said the returnees (read: Majeerteen ama Harti) are 8,000 while 165,000 of the population are IDP's other than returnees.
But look at this, the same group then in 2003, changed their whole estimate from 165,000 being just IDP's to the overall population is 120,000 while 22,000 are Raxanweyn and Jareer IDP's
UN, 18 November 2003, p. 153:
“The port city of Bossaso in northeastern Somalia has a total estimated population of 120,000 people. In addition, an estimated 22,000 IDPs live in various camps around the city in a very precarious situation. The IDPs are mostly from the regions of southern Somalia where they fled sporadic fighting and clan skirmishes.
Talk to Gedo_Girl who now works for the U.N about all the tricks the U.N aid workers pull to make themselves look effective in Somalia.
One thing is for certain, and that is a quarter of Puntland's population is Jareer and Raxnaweyn and it will only go up in the future.
