2012 Country Reports on Terrorism Released by the U.S. Department of State
Homeland Security Digital Library Blog 2013-05-31
Summary:
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Counterterrorism has released the 2012 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT). This document comes in the wake of the 2012 Global Counterterrorism Forum, whose 30 founding members represent many UN countries with a universally agreed-upon Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
The CRT details terrorism reports on a continental and country-by-country basis. In African countries, Al-Qaeda is often the focus of counterterrorism measures performed by local governments. Many African countries are in their first stages of counterterrorism measures, developing definitions of terrorist acts and taking part in the U.S. Department of State's Antiterrorism Assistance program and the International Law Enforcement Academy. Countries that have denied this assistance, such as Cameroon, often still accept U.S. capacity building projects that improve counterterrorism training for local law enforcement.