Article 1 of the Convention of the African counter terrorism unit states that “a terrorist act is any act that would endanger the lives, physical integrity or freedom of individuals or groups, injure or kill any person, or cause damage to public or private property, natural resources or cultural heritage, as well as include any act committed with the intention of intimidating a person or compelling any government, body, institution, or the general public, to do or abstain from an action, or to adopt or relinquish a certain position.” The Convention also described terrorist acts as “any act intended to impede the functioning of public facilities, to impede the provision of basic services to the public, to create a crisis public situation in the country, or to create a massive insurgency. The terrorist act also includes any promotion, financing, assistance, incitement, encouragement, conspiracy, organization or processing of any person, with the intention of committing any of the acts referred to earlier.”
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