SifyNews
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
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The Somali government is promising fighters from an al-Qaida linked militia valuable rewards if they desert. Good salaries. Education. Health care.
But fighters who have fled say they have received little help. That may help explain why there are so few defections from an insurgency with little popular support. It also underscores one key reason that Somalia's 20-year civil war continues to drag on: a weak, disorganized government.
Somalia' defense minister said the government is providing defectors with food, accommodation and education, although he declined to provide figures. He said the government — which is in the middle of an offensive — is encouraging fighters to leave militant groups by next Wednesday. He did not say why.
Source: SifyNews