insurgency

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Nigeria faces multiple, overlapping security challenges beyond kidnappings, including an Islamist insurgency in the north-east, separatist violence in the south-east, and frequent clashes between herders and farmers in central regions over land and water.

From BBC

Since then, Mali's military leaders have overseen the exit of the UN peacekeeping mission and French forces, which had deployed to Mali in 2013 to help deal with an escalating jihadist insurgency.

From BBC

The group had never really taken part in the insurgency, instead keeping its areas of control safe from both the regime and its Islamist opponents.

From The Wall Street Journal

Citing two unnamed senior government officials, the paper said the Canadian response model centers on insurgency‑style tactics, like those used in Afghanistan by fighters who resisted Soviet and later US forces.

From Barron's

“For now, the UAE seems focused on soft power in southwestern Yemen, much like it has done in Somaliland. Whether that eventually turns into backing an armed insurgency is an open question,” Al-Basha said.

From Los Angeles Times