Time to change tack in war against violent extremism

Let me offer my heartfelt condolences to families and friends of those who lost their lives in the cruel and inhuman terror attacks at the DusitD2 hotel on 14 Riverside Drive. This act reminds us of how much terrorism has claimed the lives of thousands of people since the September 11th attack of the US and the 1998 attacks on Nairobi.

We have stood strong in the face of these atrocities; we have developed numerous ways of countering this violent extremism. Some of the very progressive interventions have been tackling youth unemployment to counter radicalisation, establishment of exclusion camps, launching a fight against the Al Shabaab in Somalia and partnering with the international community to boost the fight.