Its d. W. If you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an exit. Raring to. Never read a book like this. List. The streets. This is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the struggle to rehabilitate fighters from one of the most violent militant groups alshabaab have terrorized east africa for many years killing many innocent people but some have to end their back on the militant group and somalia is offering them a chance to rejoin society. Exclusively into some form of militants trying to come to terms with a violent cost. 10 years ago was not able to look after himself because of his Bipolar Disorder today hes helping others recover from their mental
illness. I feel so pathetic for them. I cant recall my initial recall. Im christine when the wall come to africa im glad you achieved in these so mali islamist Extremist Group al shabaab has been waging a campaign of violence in somalia and large parts of east africa for more than a decade in somalia theyre a mystery pays the u. N. Backed government and impose islamic law and African Union force has seized back on troll of the capital mogadishu. Is still controlling around 20 percent of the country the government is offering amnesty and rehabilitation to militants who
leave the group. Many core deval was given re axes to one Rehabilitation Center in the province she spoke to form a minute since they about what they have decided or the why they have decided to leave. That they were part of for Killing Machine terrorizing some manyas population. But now theyre asking for forgiveness this facility in juba land is home to 86 young man who used to fight for one of the deadliest islamist Extremist Groups in the world. Here in Southern Somalia in a town once under siege by al shabaab a program is being implemented to rehabilitate one extremist fighters with the hope of peacefully reintegrating them into society. The former fighters here mostly men aged between 24 and 29 have been granted amnesty and are seeking a 2nd chance 2 of them are willing to share why they decided to defect. For their
safety and security we have withheld the location and Real Identities by calling them and that he said was just 15 years old when he joined the group 5 years ago at the water and book of the 1st people joined because the religion they say about promoting religion but this is just a front actually theyre killing innocent people for no reason or to fight it could be. Similarly who joined us at the age of 16 to 18 years to escape from the group. They also killed muslims in that attack when i saw my people dying i decided i had to break away of the. Many men growing up in disenfranchised and poor parts of the country into joining up for financial reasons and a sense of belonging. To address this these men now receive locational training in
hands on group classes. I did not know how to live within society i learned that here ive learned how to support myself. But many here are still haunted by nightmare as they struggle to fathom what they were capable of such trying. To 70 can. It is away from this now peaceful Town Peacekeepers mandated by the African Union us to waging a war against the minute and crude. But. Its the one we have fought a lot and liberated several areas in the past 2 or 3 months. We are also working on a plan to liberate the areas still under the control of alshabaab and hand them over to the somali army. To me. Back at the Rehab Taishan facility these young men receive professional psychological
support. But above all its companionship and leisure time that are helping them to overcome that trauma. But what we can talk to each other about all the things weve done wrong and give each other support about how not to fall back into our destructive ways. For somalia a hope for the birth of a United Government and for my life i hope to work for the benefit of my country and for my people with the new skills he sent men to intend to make a positive contribution to society again. They hope other young people for them the stake of joining up in the 1st place. Ok lets cross to the core of who you saw in that report shes now back in nairobi good to see you moussa tell us more about these Rehabilitation Centers how effective have these programs been. It seems like they are working very well
of course its impossible to get nationwide numbers we are still in a country which is experiencing an ongoing conflict but in the south of somalia almost 305. 00 terms former fighters have been in rehab and taishan and are about to already have gone back into their communities to start a life there the government grants everyone amnesty who wants to leave the group so there is some incentive to do that but it is very difficult to do so the group makes it very difficult the man i spoke to told me they would want numerous times that if they did leave their families would be punished or that they themselves would be killed so they are terrified every have a retaliation they truly are but they did want to speak to us and tell us about their experience to inspire others to follow suit and to leave as well ok so they leave alshabaab and presumably will go back into the communities how do so malis feel about these people off to the experiences with. Ive spoken to
a lot of people on the ground and everyone told me that they believe that granting amnesty that forgiveness that having programs such as this one and place is essential in order to build a future in somalia which is peaceful and in order to get rid of al shabaab for good but of course for people that is also surprising to say they have been at the receiving end of tremendous amounts of violence ive spoken to a lot of women who told me that they witnessed their husbands being killed in front of their very eyes who have been on the run for a year is who are struggling to go back to their villages which are still under control it was heartbreaking to see them crying and being desperate but at the same time it was beautiful to see that they do have hope and one of the reasons why they have hope is because there are programs such as this one in place ok and i guess i mean the Somali Government must count this is some success is when you take some of
these fighters and you rehabilitate them successfully bring them back into the community but why have they not been having so much success in defeating al shabaab we understand they control about 20 percent of the country still. Well numerous factors contributing to the strength of al shabaab one of them being that in a country plagued by poverty alshabaab has money in many ways you could refer to them as the somali mafia they are able to extort money from the local population they have been making money from illegal Charcoal Production and export then of course there is also another factor contributing to that its the weakness of the state which draws power from in many ways is able to provide services that the local government isnt and many somalis have to turn to these services in the absence of strong State Institutions and funny yes there is an African Union
peacekeeping mission in the country which has been able to flush out a lot of alshabaab from major cities but at the same time experts are saying there are simply not enough troops in the country to get rid of the thousands of fighters all right Melanie Corridor thank you for your reporting. Next story isnt gonna Mental Health care faces many challenges due to stigma youre about to meet one young man bright star of you who was a Bipolar Disorder patient but hes now recovered and is providing care for other patients in his Rural Community and hes also working to change mindsets about Mental Health and gun 30 year old brights having helps with Household Chores before heading to wake something goes on able to do them years ago as he experienced extreme mood swings depression under chris of behavior. His condition was sparked
by the suddenness of his fathers death in 2009 doctors diagnosed him as suffering from Bipolar Disorder. After undergoing medical treatment and therapy brights recovered in 2014 and trained as a name is hes now able to work again. Wrestling is tough the acting is to patients at his community hospital. Hes happy to believe in a normal life again. Those days when it didnt happen towards to become in the arab voices and seen things bads now all those things are gone and now i need to do things i say i was doing previously before the commission came in that i found very difficult to do. For myself in reading it trying to engage in social activities to keep myself active and i can do all those things right to
experiences and helps out this with Bipolar Disorder are different on weekdays at this center court home of trains to help the Recovery Process that patients talk about their challenges living with being bipolar and how to deal with stigma right story saves as motivation. And the stigma was just or hard for me so getting out from that State Of Mind i do meets very very great to help others because dippin that i was going to was not so severe for me that when i see others going through similar tense i had splits i feel so pathetic for them that no it shouldnt be like thats since i can recall i believe that it can also recall that in ghana many people with Bipolar Disorder and neglected by their families back in came is hopeless some of his patients recover quickly. Where you was how. Many areas i come in and. Finish for me i
seriously have to become what they were i want to form my own. According to guide his Health Service an estimated 4000000 kenyans suffered from Mental Health conditions in 2017 thats many of Void Sicking Hope because of Stigma Health officials are now pushing for an end to discrimination to encourage those who recover to retreats and help atthis. We dont need to use community and news people with medical decisions because if you put come yes it did at any point in time we have the hopes historial for caffrey from Mental Illness will encourage others to speak out and seek help for it oh my god about. And that is a canal from africa as always catch on our story is. At our Facebook Page i want to
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