Victims of Shabaab's sharia courts are petitioning the government for support. The jihadist group's former intelligence chief, Zakariya Ismail Hersi, said he has quit the group and renounced violence; Hersi surrendered to Somali forces in December. Somalia's president renewed an amnesty offer for Shabaab members who leave the group.
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