Impact Of Terrorism On African Progress - 2058 Words

Introduction: Africa faces many problems which boycott its transition from predominantly the frontier market to the emerging market sector. This essay will discuss the impact that terrorism and militancy have had on African progress, and, outline the successes and failures of the approaches that have been taken to combat this. Terrorism is still without a concrete definition however the UN Security Council uses â€Å"Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public† (United Nations, 2015) as way to condemn terrorist acts. For the purpose of this essay we will use regional examples from Nigeria and Somalia to show a variety of situations rather than consider African terrorism as a whole. Additionally we†¦show more content†¦This Act prohibits the financing of terrorism and the act itself along with placing obligation on financial institutions to report suspicious spending. Since then the country’s criminal justice systems have been stren gthened along with numerous arrests having been made (Onuoha etal, 2011). Nigeria’s cooperation in Global affairs has also increased including collaborating with the U.S. in anti-terrorism exercises (U.S Department of State, 2013). The country has also made significant progress in regulating the financing of terrorism. A significant mile stone was crossed when Nigeria was taken off of the FATF’s list of countries subject to monitoring for money laundering and terrorist financing (U.S Department of State, 2013). These advances have had a positive effect on the stability of the country however there are many inadequacies that led some to refer to the act as a â€Å"Toothless Bulldog† (Toyin, 2012). Major criticisms include the Act does not issue the protection of fundamental human rights to the terrorists in question (Onuoha etal, 2011). This is regressive at best in terms of human progress. As told by Dakas, C. 2012. p.1 â€Å"The temptation for governments and parliaments in countries suffering from terrorist action is to fight fire with fire†. He then continues â€Å"For a State to react in such a way would be to fall into the trap set by