{"id":9140,"date":"2022-05-25T17:22:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/?p=9140"},"modified":"2023-06-26T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T08:50:37","slug":"the-growing-threat-of-terrorism-in-africa-a-product-of-misdiagnosis-and-faulty-policy-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/the-growing-threat-of-terrorism-in-africa-a-product-of-misdiagnosis-and-faulty-policy-response\/","title":{"rendered":"The growing threat of terrorism in Africa: A product of misdiagnosis and faulty policy response?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amaniafrica-et.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; font_family=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down_fixed=&#8221;yes&#8221; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;1000&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading auto_text=&#8221;yes&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-189933&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; text_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243;]Automatic Heading Text[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_font=&#8221;font-555555&#8243; text_size=&#8221;fontsize-182326&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;600&#8243; text_height=&#8221;fontheight-131383&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-160099&#8243; text_color=&#8221;accent&#8221;]May 25, 2022[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 28 May 2022, the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government, the supreme decision-making organ of the AU, will hold its 16<sup>th<\/sup> extraordinary session. The thematic focus of the extraordinary summit is on terrorism and unconstitutional changes of government. The summit is convened based on the AU Assembly February 2022 decision on the proposal of the Republic of Angola for the convening of \u2018Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=&#8221;color-165108&#8243; radius=&#8221;btn-square&#8221; hover_fx=&#8221;outlined&#8221; outline=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_width=&#8221;0&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;alpha-anim&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Famaniafrica-et.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F06%2FThe-growing-threat-of-terrorism-in-Africa.pdf|target:_blank&#8221;]Read Full Document[\/vc_button][vc_single_image media=&#8221;12000&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 25, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[168,351],"class_list":["post-9140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-reports","tag-special-report","tag-351"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The growing threat of terrorism in Africa: A product of misdiagnosis and faulty policy response? 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