Extremists use political crisis, ethnic differences to recruit: study
Al-Shabaab fighters stage a military drill in Somalia on February 17, 2011. A report indicates that terrorist groups are capitalising on Kenya’s highly ethnic and political differences to recruit vulnerable individuals. PHOTO | ABDURASHID ABDULLE |
Extremist groups have turned Kenya’s polarised political landscape into fertile recruitment and breeding grounds for the next generation of terrorists in the region.
A study by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) reveals that terrorists and other extremists group continue capitalising on the country’s highly ethnic and political differences to lure vulnerable individuals.
