War on Terrorism in Africa: A Task beyond African Regional Organizations

Abstract

Peace and security play a vital role in the overall development processes of our nations. Its absence hinders both economic and social political development. Africa’s unending query of opportunities to do away with the rampart abject poverty, will remain illusionary as long as insecurity problems caused by nascent and growing terrorism continues destabilizing ongoing economic or social political development agenda. Here below, we pinpoint factors depicting the incapacity of both nations and regional organizations to thwart escalation of terrorism on the continent.