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Traditional counter-terrorism approaches, with their emphasis on the military, are failing. This is seen in the fact that there is an average of three terrorist attacks per day in Africa. This study calls for more holistic solutions, with an emphasis on d
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—Dr Robert Zuber, Director, Global Action to Prevent War and Armed Conflict ‘Hussein Solomon, one of the most prolific political scientists in South Africa, has succeeded in combining three key deliberations in his book Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Africa: an inside knowledge of the Islamic and Muslim world, an in-depth understanding of the African security domain, and an outstanding conceptualisation of (counter-) terrorism. The publication is broad in scope and thorough in analysis. The book not only provides an outstanding outline of both the terrorist threat and role of Islam in Africa; it also offers an in-depth analysis of how these two considerations merge in Africa in organisations like Al Shabaab and Boko Haram in Somalia and Nigeria respectively. Lastly, the African Union and the US are most probably the only actors that endeavour to develop counter-terrorist strategies at a continental level in Africa. The book offers an excellent analysis of the response to counterterrorism by both these authorities. In all, a must-read for anybody with an interest in the study of terrorism in general and the manifestation of the phenomenon in Africa and the Islamic communities in particular.’ —Abel Esterhuyse, Stellenbosch University, South Africa ‘Hussein Solomon has provided an excellent detailed, original, holistic and useful study of the counter-terrorism strategies employed in Africa today and the reasons for its failure to defeat terrorism throughout the continent. Professor Solomon has also provided a very innovative and comprehensive study of the three main radical Islamic terrorist organisations active in Africa today: Al Shabaab, Ansar Dine and Boko Haram. This book is essential to the understanding of the various motives for the growth of radical Islamic terrorist organisations throughout Africa as well as to the need to apply a new holistic counter-terrorism approach to defeat these organisations. This book is a must read for decision-makers and security personnel in Africa and abroad as well as for any serious student of terrorism, security studies and African studies.’ —Dr Moshe Terdman, Director, Research on Islam and Muslims in Africa
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‘Hussein Solomon paints a nuanced, sophisticated portrait of the origins and motives of African terrorists that blends poverty, desertification, ethnic discrimination and African state corruption and neglect
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