Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP

Lack of jobs, the main driver of violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa: UNDP

The report entitled, Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment. Desperation factor Lack of income, the lack of job opportunities and livelihoods, means that “desperation is essentially pushing people to take up opportunities, with whoever offers that”, said Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator,…

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