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To win the war against extremists, let’s fight from many fronts

Smoke billows at the Manda-Magogoni naval base in Lamu County, at Kenya's coast, on January 5, 2020 after an al-Shabaab attack. PHOTO | POOL

By  ALICE WAIRIMU NDERITU

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As I wrote this, reports were coming through of a dawn attack at the Manda military base, in Lamu, Kenya, by al-Shabaab militants. The attack clearly sets extremism as a pressing agenda carried over from 2019 into the New Year.

Here are some few useful lessons for Africa on countering violent extremism.

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