by Mohamud Ahmed Ali

• Associate
  Policyinstitute.net
• Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist- Consultant
  Executive Office of the President, Kenya -Department for Strategic Initiatives and Development of Arid/Semi-Arid Regions

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The United Nations Security Council under resolution 2178 of 2014 defined violent extremism as “something conducive to terrorism, sectarian violence and commission of terrorist acts”. These acts are often promoted in a confine conflict where organized extremist organizations take advantage of local grievances to take a position or advance an idea…

Extremism in Kenya