bandits

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The U.K. government has advised against nearly all travel to the Central African Republic, and Brown said he was warned about rebel fighters, bandits, poachers, Russian mercenaries, dengue fever and the Ebola virus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

For years the bandits have mainly targeted those in the north-west of Nigeria - but they have been moving to other parts of the country, like Kwara and Niger states, more recently.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

"The strike was conducted at a location where, historically, you have the bandits and the Lakurawa parading around that axis," Bwala said.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Some historians have argued that Murrieta was simply a mashup of Mexican bandits named Joaquin then operating in the gold region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“Those are the true bandits, demanding our rubles or else! ‘You are out of credit,’ they say.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood