you could make it unlike so much for joining us. the somali terrorist group al-shabaab has been waging a campaign of violence in somalia for more than a decade now their aim is to replace the u.s. backed government and impose islamic law and african union force has seized control of the capital mogadishu but still controls around 20 percent of the country now the government is offering amnesty and rehabilitation to some militants who leave the group melanie correct about was given rare access to one rehabilitation center in juba province she spoke to full militants there about why they decided to leave al-shabaab and the nightmare as they still have. that they were pontiff a killing machine terrorizing somalia s population but now they re asking for forgiveness right here at this facility in juba land is home to 86 young men who used to fight for one of the deadliest islamist extremist groups in the world. here