"I cannot see why it is that if an individual uses violence against a state it is seen as terrorism, but if a government uses violence and intimidation against its people it is often viewed as something else. What applies to the one should apply to the other,” says senior researcher at the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Anneli Botha. She is arguing that terrorism in Africa cannot only be tackled with tighter security and anti-terrorism legislation.