 In 2012, it was also reported that the group was attracting an increasing number of non-Somali recent converts from Kenya, a predominantly Christian country in the African Great Lakes region.Estimates in 2014 placed the figure of Kenyan fighters at around 25% of al-Shabaab's total forces.Referred to as the "Kenyan Mujahideen" by al-Shabaab's core members, the converts are typically young and overzealous.