Thursday, November 30, 2017

Another Somali-Kenyan Woman Kidnapped by Al-Shabaab Speaks Out

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) published on 28 November 2017 a second interview with a woman kidnapped by al-Shabaab titled "Commanding Attention: A Female Al-Shabaab Ex-commander Speaks Out" by Cassidy Parker.

The woman, who escaped from an al-Shabaab camp in Somalia and returned to Kenya, was reluctant to describe her experience for fear of retribution by al-Shabaab or Kenyan security services. While not personally sexually abused because of her leadership position, she describes routine abuse of other women.