期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2010
卷号：12
期号：1
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：This paper argues that terrorism poses enormous threats to the security, political stability,
economic development and human security of the West African governments and people.
It submits that the region is not presently a hub of terrorism but is a fertile ground for
breeding terrorist networks through trans-national criminal networks, small arms
proliferation, illegal natural resource transfer, human and drugs trafficking. It traces the
root of precarious security in the region to poverty, underdevelopment, youth
unemployment, bad governance and categorises the types of terrorist groups in Africa, all
of which are presently operating in the region. The paper examines the theoretical and
practical justification and also the limit of good governance and collective security in the
fight against terrorism. It posits that West Africa has robust governance mechanism for
preventing security threat but a relatively underdeveloped security architecture for
effectively tackling the menace. It submits that neither of these two approaches can work
alone, in isolation of the other and articulates a framework for integrating good
governance and collective security strategies in the region’s effort to prevent terrorism.
