Blue skies over Somalia
The election of Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia’s president has inspired optimism for the future of Somalia.
By handing ONLF officer Abdikarim Sheikh Muse to Ethiopia, the Somali government has betrayed its own people.
The election of Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia’s president has inspired optimism for the future of Somalia.
Substantive change in dealing with Somalia is long overdue.
![Dealers wait for clients as they trade with bundles of Somalian currency from at an open forex bureau along Hamarweyne district of in Somalia''s capital Mogadishu [REUTERS]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/330c2e344cbb4121951842b6e784737e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Erdogan has prudently supported Somalia and remained impartial in the clan-driven internal politics.
![Erdogan has done for Somalia what no other world leader has done in decades, writes Arman [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141031191421483734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Accusations of anti-Semitism against those who criticise Israel aim to curb debate on its crimes aga
![Rabbi Dov Lior, offered a religious decree that he claims is consistent with Jewish law, declaring that it is permissible for the Israeli army not to spare noncombatants, writes Arman [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014814143757497734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
“Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians” – Nelson Mandela.
![Israel aims to preserve the status quo in Palestine, writes Abukar Arman [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/201472617138990734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Reactionary political departure away from sovereign statehood increases the risk of perpetual insecurity.
![Countries such as Somalia have untapped oil and gas reserves, but the country has suffered recent unrest [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20147107114868734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Interventions from neighbours have not brought Somalia the promised peace.
![AMISOM's forces have only complicated Somalia's security situation, argues Arman [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/201458131245758734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As a result of decades of exploitation, the Somali people are sick and tired of always being the expendable pawn.
![Ethiopian-led AMISOM, together with the Somali government forces, have captured several strategic towns previously ruled by al-Shabab, writes Arman [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/201431991854590580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Which political system can end Somalia’s vicious cycle of political crises?
![Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's dismissal of the prime minister has triggered another crisis in Somalia [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013121171138120580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)