separatist
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The country is also mired in multiple security crises -- from jihadists, non-ideological "bandit" gangs, farmers and herders fighting over land, and a simmering separatist conflict.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Other security challenges include separatist unrest in the south-east and deadly clashes over land between farmers and herders.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The West African country remains in a security crisis more than a week after an alliance of jihadists and separatist rebels launched their nationwide raids.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Forces at Mali's Tessalit military base, a "super-camp" near the Algerian border, surrendered and were scattering southward, an official from the Tuareg-dominated FLA separatist group told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The separatist governments of the New York and Pennsylvania colonies offered rangers for the project.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He began as a lieutenant and rose through the ranks, shooting to nationwide fame during the war with Russia-backed separatists in 2014.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She says that among the men was Yurii Temerbek, a Ukrainian who had been a local traffic policeman and had joined the Russian-backed separatists.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Later, during their war for independence from Britain, the separatists relied on militias to fight the British and their Indigenous allies.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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