London — "Those who join extremist groups tend to have lower levels of religious or formal education and less understanding of the meaning of religious texts"
Poverty and state violence, not religion, are driving young Africans to join militant groups, the United Nations said on Thursday, after interviewing almost 600 recruits.
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