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insurgency

[in-sur-juhn-see]

noun

plural

insurgencies 
  1. the state or condition of being insurgent.

  2. insurrection against an existing government, usually one's own, by a group not recognized as having the status of a belligerent.

  3. rebellion within a group, as by members against leaders.

  4. insurgence.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of insurgency1

First recorded in 1795–1805; insurg(ent) + -ency
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While many Somalis chose to leave, they stayed, driven by a passion to rebuild, despite the fact that an insurgency was being waged by al-Shabab, a group linked to al-Qaeda.

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Mali has been grappling with a militant Islamist insurgency for more than a decade.

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It claims Ahmad has longstanding ties with the illegal trade in "blood diamonds", a reference to how diamonds are sometimes used to fund armed conflict and insurgencies.

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Home Minister Amit Shah called it "the most decisive strike" against the insurgency in three decades.

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Balochistan has experienced decades of militant attacks linked to a nationalist insurgency.

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