Monday, August 3, 2015
Ford Foundation to Fund Projects That Help Fight Violent Extremism
The Ford Foundation will continue to finance projects that address inequality in access to natural resources and social injustice which have been linked to violent extremism.
Mr Martin Abregu, the foundation's vice president who also heads its global grant, says limited rights to access and use of natural resources to generate wealth by minorities is a key cause of inequality and social injustices in Africa.
The absence of a proper policy to address the disparities, Mr Abregu said, has led to constant conflicts and violent extremism in most parts of the world, with East Africa bearing the brunt of the Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab....