{"id":457865,"date":"2026-03-24T21:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=457865"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:09:01","slug":"president-hassan-sheikh-announces-90-day-amnesty-for-defectors-from-kharijite-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/president-hassan-sheikh-announces-90-day-amnesty-for-defectors-from-kharijite-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hassan Sheikh Announces 90-Day Amnesty for Defectors from Kharijite Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mogadishu, SONNA \u2014<\/strong> President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has announced a 90-day amnesty initiative targeting individuals coerced into extremist groups, offering them a pathway to reintegrate into society and contribute to national development.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement forms part of the Federal Government\u2019s broader strategy to weaken terrorist networks by encouraging defections and promoting reconciliation, particularly among youth who have been forcibly recruited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am announcing peace appeal and a 90-day amnesty for youth [and leadership] members of Al-Shabaab and ISIS,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative underscores the government\u2019s commitment to both national security and social rehabilitation. By prioritizing reintegration, authorities aim to reduce the operational strength of extremist organizations while offering individuals a second chance to rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu, SONNA \u2014 President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has announced a 90-day amnesty initiative targeting individuals coerced into extremist groups, offering them a pathway to reintegrate into society and contribute to national development. The announcement forms part of the Federal Government\u2019s broader strategy to weaken terrorist networks by encouraging defections and promoting reconciliation, particularly among youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":413670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-457865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457869,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457865\/revisions\/457869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}