Can Somalia dare to hope for the future?

Many see Monday's selection of a new president as Somalia's last chance to change the 'failed state.' But ordinary Somalis will have no say in the matter.

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As Somalia approaches its umpteenth attempt to forge a government that will actually stick, there's a deadening familiarity here: bloodstained warlords reemerging, clan elders manipulating politics, roadblocks going up as militias try to reclaim turf.

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