REGIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COUNTER TERRORISM STRATEGY IN WEST AFRICA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

Abstract

The paper discusses issues and challenges marring the regional implementation of the United Nations Global Counterterrorism Strategy in West Africa. It highlights economic, technology and socio-political factors that hinders the effective implementation of the strategy in the subregion which has become the hotbed of global terrorism. The study concludes that ECOWAS has the enabling instruments and institutions to implement the strategy. It therefore recommends the strengthening of existing institutions, enhancement of human security indices, and massive investment in infrastructural facilities, as measures to facilitate the implementation of the strategy in the subregion.