banditry
Example Sentences
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In addition to the new division, three new army headquarters will be set up in north-east and central Nigeria - areas plagued by Islamist militants, banditry and clashes between farmers and herders.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
He noted that Nigerian forces are also stretched thin, attending to southeastern separatists, armed "banditry" in the northwest and farmer-herder conflicts in central states.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
Some Nigerians welcomed U.S. intervention, citing their own government’s failure to make headway against terrorism and banditry since the kidnapping of the Chibok girls more than a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Nearly two-thirds of its 213 million people live on less than $2 a day; extremist violence and banditry are rife; and life expectancy is just 53, nine years below the African average.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
The two sides signed another peace accord on 20 November 1994 and the cease-fire is generally holding, but military tensions and banditry persist.
From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
