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178902
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Al-Shabaab, the East-African affiliate of Al Qaeda has carried out a number of large-scale devastating attacks in the region and a steady stream of smaller scale ones. In recent years Al-Shabaab’s ongoing strength has relied upon its ability to build local support within Kenya. This work looks at Kwale County on Kenya’s coast and examines some of the factors involved in radicalization and/or recruitment into the group, including economic hardship, historical marginalization, land injustices, drugs, problems at the family level and poor relationships with state security agencies. It highlights the more recent phenomenon of those returning from fighting with Al-Shabaab and the problems of their reintegration. It concludes that there are a number of phenomenon related in complex and sometimes self-perpetuating ways which all need to be considered in the response to radicalization and recruitment.
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080700
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2008.
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Disarmament is a major feature of international, regional and national small arms and light weapons control policy and legislation worldwide. The proliferation of arms is now a significant problem amongst pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. In Karamoja, northern Uganda, where armed inter-communal and intra-communal conflict is disrupting lives and livelihoods, several attempts at mitigation have been tried. This article considers whether disarmament attempts have provided any solution to the conflicts. Empirical data collected between 2000 and 2006, consisting of interviews with combatants, local leaders and community members, government reports and media articles have been used to recount these endeavours and their consequences in the communities. The work first gives the regional and cross-border arms dynamics. It then considers the history of conflict and disarmament in Karamoja and examines in detail the recent disarmament since 2001. The successes or failures are considered in terms of weapons collected, mitigation of conflict and establishment of valuable processes such as community participation or inter-agency cooperation
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