The Rehabilitation of Radical Extremists - ACM Interview with Jasmine Opperman - Informed Insights - Interviews with Experts

After conflict involving extremist groups is resolved with the defeat or surrender of those radical groups, what happens to the groups' former members? Erstwhile insurgents and terrorists must be re-integrated into society, and find peaceful, productive work to replace their previous anti-social careers. The process of de-radicalisation has been refined in recent years, and is now accepted as an essential component of conflict resolution in Africa. ACM spoke with an authority on the subject, Jasmine Opperman, Director at the Terrorism, Research & Analysis Consortium in South Africa.