Rehabilitating Somalia's former al-Shabab fighters

Somalia is a country still fighting a bloody civil war.

But as the government slowly begins to reassert its authority, more and more former al-Shabab militants are beginning to switch sides.

In a small, heavily guarded compound on the bullet-riddled outskirts of Baidoa, a new programme is being put into place to help these former fighters to reintegrate into society.

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