Sentences with phrase «islamist insurgency»

He has promised to crush the Islamist insurgency within months if elected.

More than three million people have been displaced in the north - east during the five - year Islamist insurgency

Now some feel his military background and his disciplinarian credentials are just what the whole country needs to get to grips with the Islamist insurgency in the north.

Already, the lawless void in southern Libya is spreading chaos to other parts of North Africa: weapons such as RPGs, Semtex explosives, assault rifles, antiaircraft machine guns, and grenades have moved from the chaotic remnants of Libya's revolution to the incipient one in Mali, which is currently riven by an Islamist insurgency.

Though experts say the Caucasus are quieter now, Thomas de Waal, an expert on the region, says there is a constant a low - level Islamist insurgency there.

It's in Nigeria, where the Islamist insurgency of Boko Haram and other forces killed more than 4,000 Christians in 2015.

Egypt has been facing an Islamist insurgency since the 2013 removal of Muslim Brotherhood - affiliated President Mohamed Morsi.

Following two separatist wars in neighbouring Chechnya, an Islamist insurgency spread to Dagestan.

Not exact matches

Asked what she regarded as the government's major achievement, she said it was to improve security in the north - east where militant Islamist group Boko Haram has waged an insurgency since 2009.

Mali has been fighting a jihadist insurgency for several years, with Islamist fighters roaming the country's north and centre.

The rise of Islamist group Boko Haram in the north - east has put security at the centre of their election campaigns, but the candidates are at odds over how to handle the insurgency in Africa's biggest oil producer.

Adamawa is one of three states that have been placed under emergency rule because of an insurgency waged by Islamist Boko Haram militants.