The author is of the view that policing efforts to manage acts of terrorism in Africa will be enhanced if the root causes of the menace are identified clearly. The study contributes knowledge on identifying the root courses and spread of terrorism across Africa. This knowledge should pave way for police actions that all people on the African continent should consider in dealing with the menace. Knowledge of the root course and assessing the outcome of acts of terrorism in Africa will provide a clue leading to the eradication of the menace, such as tackling the social and radicalization issues that trigger acts of terrorism on the African continent. The outcome contributes significantly to the identification of the strategies that the terrorists’ movements penetrating the African continent adopt and the police’s use of concerted effort to minimize, if not eradicate, acts of terrorism from Africa.