What has the current regime in Somalia achieved in the two years of its existence?
![The Somali regime has failed to stop al-Shabab attacks on state institutions, writes Samatar [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201492114625245734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

What has the current regime in Somalia achieved in the two years of its existence?
![The Somali regime has failed to stop al-Shabab attacks on state institutions, writes Samatar [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201492114625245734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Will the current strategy of the Somali government and the international community bring peace to Somalia?
![Although the Somali Federal Government controls Mogadishu, insecurity persists [AFP/Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/201463019563110734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The upcoming elections in South Africa might be an opportunity for change in the country and the whole continent.
![Each year, Africa spends $40bn on imported food [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20144191479961734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A bitter colonial legacy and mismanagement of state power are key factors behind the violence in the CAR

The author serves up a five step plan to help achieve the goals set forth at the Brussels conference on Somalia.
![The West needs to rethink its aid package and gear it more towards making Somalia capable of being responsible for its own economy and security, writes Samatar [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013102134157611734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Years of Kenyan intervention in southern Somalia tragically culminated in the Westgate bloodbath, Samatar writes.
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President Obama’s symbolic visit to Africa will not usher any paradigm-shifting policies, writes Abdi Samatar.

There are few leaders left in Africa who are capable of steering the continent into a better direction.

There is a large gulf between the rhetoric of the presidential candidates and the reality of politics in Kenya.

Corruption and lack of national direction of a post-Mbeki ANC have become the features of the liberation party.
