separatist
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But Pakistan's least-developed province grapples with a growing separatist insurgency, which has also targeted mining investments by China.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
This predominantly Tuareg separatist group, created in 2024, wants independence for the territory of Azawad in northern Mali.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
His portrait of Sikh separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale captured a moment heavy with tension and consequence.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
The Pope is now in Cameroon's English-speaking regions, where a separatist insurgency has raged for nearly a decade.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
In 1775 the Mohawk Nation allied with the British against the separatist settlers.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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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
The nomadic Fulani and Tuareg communities have been particularly targeted, often accused of links to jihadists or separatists.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Malian opposition figures and military personnel have been detained or abducted following large-scale attacks by jihadists and separatists on junta positions, security, legal and family sources told AFP on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Mali's authorities also said they had partnered with the armed forces in neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso to carry out air strikes against the jihadists and separatists.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
When the war between the British and separatists began, both sides vied to win the Haudenosaunee as allies.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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