Nigeria’s troubled exit path for repentant jihadists – UCA News

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Gaunt men sit in the shade sewing hats while women in headscarves cook leaves, watching children play as the dry wind blows through the thatched huts. It’s a typical scene in the sprawling camps set up for over two million people who have fled jihadists waging war in northeast Nigeria — and where Aliyu, Abubakar, Muhammad and Mallam now also live. But the desolate site is a far cry from where these four men had expected to end up after completing a government programme to deradicalize and rehabilitate Boko Haram fighters.

Nigeria’s troubled exit path for repentant jihadists – UCA News

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