Kenya continues work of re-integrating returning al-Shabaab recruits

October 27, 2015

c. 2015 Religion News Service

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) In eight months of offering amnesty to former combatants who had joined Somalia’s al-Shabaab militant group, Kenya has welcomed the return of 700 citizens.

The group has attacked churches, malls, and government institutions.

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