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Summary: The Boni Forest is a lush coastal ecosystem on the border between Kenya and Somalia. Its location and geography have made it an ideal hideout for al Shabaab -- the Somali terrorist group that has launched devastating attacks in Kenya over the last decade. That was until my guest today, Judy Kimamo, helped launch a grassroots peace conference, known as the Boni Enclave Stakeholders Conference. Now, nearly three years later, the impact of that peacebuilding effort is still being felt.