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Managing Terrorism in Africa: Assessing Policing Issues

Managing Terrorism in Africa: Assessing Policing Issues

Gerald Dapaah Gyamfi
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1947-3435|EISSN: 1947-3443|EISBN13: 9781522545385|DOI: 10.4018/IJCWT.2018070102
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Gyamfi, Gerald Dapaah. "Managing Terrorism in Africa: Assessing Policing Issues." IJCWT vol.8, no.3 2018: pp.15-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCWT.2018070102

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Gyamfi, G. D. (2018). Managing Terrorism in Africa: Assessing Policing Issues. International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT), 8(3), 15-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCWT.2018070102

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Gyamfi, Gerald Dapaah. "Managing Terrorism in Africa: Assessing Policing Issues," International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism (IJCWT) 8, no.3: 15-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCWT.2018070102

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Abstract

Terrorism has contributed significantly to the unstable and unavoidable conflict and threat to security to many countries in the twenty-first century globally. In this qualitative case study, the author explores the causes and devastating effects of terrorism on the continent of Africa. The study used purposive sampling method to select and interview eight executive police officers from the Kofi Annan International Peace Training Centre (KAIPTC) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS). The researcher also assessed issues of policing in Africa relating to terrorism using archival records kept at criminal investigations departments, empirical studies, and other records on the menace published by renowned experts. The study reveals that socialization and radicalism through some interventions are the major causes of terrorism in Africa. The study recommends that international bodies led by the United Nations should support the policing efforts to curb the menace of terrorism in Africa.

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