Terrorism in Africa

Abstract

This paper has established that before now terrorism was entirely a new phenomenon in Africa. Since the September 2001 attacks on the US by the Al-Qaeda, the Madrid train bombing in April, 2004 and the July, 2005 attacks on the London transportation system, terrorism gradually started gaining prominence in the middle East, now operating in Somalia, Nigeria, Kenya, Central African Republic and other African countries. The paper used qualitative data and argues that most of terrorism groups in the African continent are believed to have fraternity with the Al-Qaeda, where the terrorists enjoy training, funding and other strategic support from the Al-Qaeda.