The Cost of Defection: The Consequences of Quitting Al-Shabaab
This study investigates defections from the Al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia.Thirty-two disengaged Al-Shabaab combatants were interviewed about their motivations, grievances, needs, and challenges in relation to the recruitment, defection, and post-defection phases.This paper focuses on post-defection challenges, where we found the primary concern