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There is more to terrorism than poverty

NAIROBI: Ever since the terror attack on Garissa University College, there has been much commentary on why an increasing number of young Kenyan males have joined Al Shabaab.

 

Much of the discourse taking place in the media is centered on the view that these young men are attracted to terrorist groups as a result of economic frustrations; in other words, because they are poor.

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