secessionist
Example Sentences
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A secessionist in office: The newly appointed chief executive officer of Shasta County believes California should be split up into two states, The Los Angeles Times reports.
From New York Times
A controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement has been arrested at his home in Finland, the BBC has confirmed.
From BBC
Such armed groups in the north-west and violent secessionists in the south-east pose real threats to the 25 February elections, analysts say.
From BBC
Mohammed's request comes after he asked Google last year to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by secessionist and Islamist militant groups in the country.
From Reuters
Since then, factions of secessionist militias have been battling government troops in the two English-speaking regions in an attempt to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia.
From Reuters
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