Coming home from Al-Shabaab: What determines whether communities forgive in Somalia
18 Jul 2026, 08:44 GMT
By Peace News
Topic: Feature
Source URL: https://globalvoices.org/2026/07/18/coming-home-from-al-shabaab-what-determines-whether-communities-forgive-in-somalia/
People whose immediate family had been killed by al-Shabaab were measurably less willing to accept defectors, a reminder that reconciliation has to compete with real grief and fear.