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Al-Shabaab in Sweden: Perceptions of an Islamist extremist organization

open access: yes, 2011
Al-Shabaab is a Somalia-based Islamist organization. They militarily oppose the transitional Government of Somalia and constitute a threat to peace and stability in the area. An important part of the support from Shabaab comes from diasporic communities,
Fahlander, Patric
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Opportunity Costs or Costly Opportunities? The Arab Spring, Osama Bin Laden, and Al-Qaeda’s African Affiliates

open access: yesPerspectives on Terrorism, 2011
 There is little doubt that Al-Qaeda faces twin challenges in the “Arab Spring” sweeping North Africa and the Middle East (MENA) and in the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011.
Alex S. Wilner
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Communities’ Perceptions of Reintegration of Al-Shabaab Returnees in Mombasa and Kwale Counties, Kenya

open access: yesJournal for Deradicalization, 2021
This study explores community perceptions of reintegration of returning foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) from Al-Shabaab in coastal Kenya. Drawing from fieldwork accounts collected in Kwale and Mombasa Counties, Kenya, this study nuances and ...
Mercy Nasimiyu Juma   +1 more
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"A Helping Hand?" Recruitment of Kenyan Youth to al-Shabaab

open access: yes, 2017
Despite recent increase in terrorism research, both the academic community and general news media have, to a large degree, failed to include the situation in Kenya, a country suffering from continued terrorist attacks by the Somali terrorist organization
Jerejian, Thea Emilie
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An Assessment of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters’ Commitment to Reintegrate: A Case Study of Kwale County, Kenya

open access: yesJournal for Deradicalization, 2020
This study seeks to contribute to filling the prevailing research deficit in empirical data informed by Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) and their experiences of, and challenges in, reintegration, through qualitative interviews with returning FTFs in ...
Tina Mykkänen
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Youth Evaluations of CVE/PVE Programming in Kenya in Context

open access: yesJournal for Deradicalization, 2016
Despite the military efforts of the Kenyan, Ethiopian, and Somali Federal governments, the collaboration of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces with US and coalition forces, and despite the enormous tactical and strategic set-backs that ...
Melissa Finn   +3 more
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The teachers’ evolving role in mitigating violent extremism in Kenyan secondary schools

open access: yesDiscover Education
Violent Extremism is of great concern to the world today. Many countries, while formulating policies to combat violent extremism, look only to military force and surveillance (hard power) that deal with already radicalized individuals.
John Njeru Maringa   +2 more
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An Assessment of the Interface between Al-Shabaab and Insecurity in Kenya

open access: yes, 2018
Master of Arts in International RelationsThe Horn of Africa countries including Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya, have experienced the brunt of al-Shabaab extremist attacks.
Konya, Kelly Were S.
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