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Pain of mums, young widows following Al-Shabaab attacks

Widows and mothers bear the greatest brunt of last year’s Al-Shabaab attacks in Lamu and Tana River counties. Some of them were forced to watch as their husbands or sons were either shot at close range or their throats slit by the militants.

It is a story of struggle and exertion for the widows and mothers balancing the unforgettable painful past and an uncertain future.

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