IGAD Conducts A De-Radicalization And Reintegration Training Program For Somalia’s Community Leaders To Deal With Al Shabaab Recruitment And Defections

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is holding a five-day program in Djibouti that trains Somali personnel on counter-radicalization, disengagement, and reintegration. The training brings together 50 Somali religious scholars, traditional leaders, representatives from civil society organizations and government officials. IGAD has echoed that dealing with al Shabaab is very crucial to the bloc seeing...