provinces

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This is something Noboa has tried in Ecuador - deploying 75,000 police officers to the nation's four most violence-wracked provinces in March - though his prior attempts have seen the country's murder rate skyrocket.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Ituri neighbours both North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, both of which have also seen Ebola cases in the latest outbreak and have been plagued by near continuous violence for three decades.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The five-year parliament, which sits twice a year, has 45 members from across the world: 30 representing three traditional provinces, 10 representing five religious traditions and five representing the diaspora.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Over just a few weeks, the outbreak has reached several provinces in eastern Congo and crossed the Ugandan border, where health authorities have registered seven cases, including one death.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In recent times the hotel had acquired a certain prestige among tourists, and people traveled from the provinces to the capital just to see it and go back and tell their friends about it.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende