Lack of Jobs, the Main Driver of Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa - Report: Africa
The report entitled, Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement, underscores the importance of economic factors as drivers of recruitment.Lack of income, the lack of job opportunities and livelihoods, means that"desperation is essentiallyAdministrator, speaking at the report launch.as the primary reason, while around 40 per cent said they were"in urgent need of livelihoods at the time of the recruitment".
The report draws from interviews with nearly 2,200 different people in eight countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Nigher, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan.More than 1,000 of those interviewees are former members of violent extremist groups, both voluntary and forced recruits.92 percent increase from the last UNDP studyAround 48 per cent of voluntary recruits told researchers that there had been"a triggering event" leading to them signing up.
According to the report, peer pressure from family members or friends, is cited as the second more common driver for recruitment, including women who are following their spouses into an extremist group. Religious ideology is the third most common reason for joining up, cited by around 17 percent of interviewees. This presents a 57 percent decrease from the 2017 findings.The new report is part of a series of three, analysing the prevention of violent extremism. It highlights thefocused on prevention, said UNDP.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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