Published 1 year ago

Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa

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Lack of employment is driving people to join fast-growing armed groups in sub-Saharan Africa. UN Development Programme (UNDP) report based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters. 25 percent of voluntary recruits to such groups cited needing money as their primary reason for joining. 22 percent cited wanting to join with family and friends and 17 percent cited religious ideas.

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Reuters

Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa

Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters. Read full story

1 year ago·Malaysia

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IBTimes

Hope For Jobs Drives Recruitment By Militant Groups In Africa

Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the U.N.

1 year ago·United States

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The Guardian Nigeria

Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP

UN News/Daniel Dickinson – A Nigerien soldier guards a strategic location in Ouallam, Niger. New York, USA, 07 February 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/A lack of job opportunities is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report released by the UN Development Programme on Tuesday. The report […]

1 year ago·Nigeria

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Al Jazeera

Lack of jobs drives recruitment by armed groups in Africa: UN

The UNDP report was based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters across East, West and the Horn of Africa.

1 year ago·Qatar

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The Zambian Observer

Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP

The report entitled, Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Desperation factorLack of i…

1 year ago·Zambia

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