And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings.

VOA: special.2009.10.21

(Recording) Munjara says her group needed the support of religious leaders to help lower the stigma surrounding HIV-positive women.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

In September,a power struggle erupted in violence in the lower Juba region between al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam, a clan-based Islamist-nationalist group which had been al-Shabab's main ally in its year-long battle to overthrow the U.N.-backed government in Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02