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
Critics, including state officials, have accused her movement of amplifying narratives that benefit separatist groups – allegations she has consistently rejected.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
King Charles has "expressed his concern" over the Alberta separatist movement in a meeting with Indigenous leaders at Buckingham Palace, according to a delegation of First Nations chiefs that travelled to London.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 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
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
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
The separatists and jihadists were able to capture the key northern town of Kidal and also targeted Gao in the mostly desert north along with Mopti and Sevare in the centre.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Mali's separatists and Islamists groups have had an on-off relationship for years - going back to 2012 when the ethnic Tuareg separatist rebellion was hijacked by Islamist militants.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Their experience in Dunmore’s War led the Shawnees to ally with the British against the separatists in 1777.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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