Alternative approaches to fighting terror in East Africa
Daily Monitor Sunday February 14 2021 The term “Terrorism” cannot be easily defined because it is context specific. There are over 100 definitions attempting to explain what terrorism simply means. It is important to note that Kurd, Lebanese, Palestinian, Somali, and Kashmir communities view their fighters as freedom fighters, not terrorists. The political nature of terrorism and the challenges of defining it are further exemplified in the case of Hezbollah. Nonetheless, there is a consensus that terms terrorism as the threat or the act of politically motivated violence directed primari...