By handing ONLF officer Abdikarim Sheikh Muse to Ethiopia, the Somali government has betrayed its own people.
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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)