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Al Shabaab torment recruits’ families

Al Shabaab has resorted to extorting money from families of their fighters

Al Shabaab has resorted to extorting money from families of their fighters, according to latest intelligence reports.

The relatives of militia have confessed that they are being blackmailed to run errands and give financial support to the terror group for fear that their kin may be killed if they don’t. The most affected are relatives of fighters injured in fighting between the terror group and African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) troops based in Somalia

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