Search Results - "militia"
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The uprising of the fedayeen against the government of Jordan, 1970-1971: declassified documents from The British Archive
Published 2010“…The Palestinian refugees who scattered in the refugee camps around Jordan soil than formed a radical militia movement of the fedayeen to fight against the Israeli occupation. …”
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‘A mí, estos pleitos no me interesan’: Carlos Saura’s Llanto por un bandido and banditry in the ominous decade
Published 2017“…This, combined with the fact that the incorporation of outlaws into militia resistance was a common feature of the Napoleonic wars, produces a very complex backdrop for the film. …”
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Politics in Leicestershire, c1677 to c1716
Published 2008“…Inter alia the study looks at the local impact of Charles II and James II’ policies of re-modelling local offices to ensure that the militia, the commission of the peace and the corporation were composed of men who would support royal policy and also at the course of parliamentary elections throughout the four decades with particular reference to those during 1678-81, 1701-2 and 1710-15. …”
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Causes of and people’s responses to petro-conflict in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
Published 2016“…To explore provocative confrontations leading to the use of firearms by the militia group to protect the interest of the indigenous Niger Delta. 3. …”
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The failure of democracy in Yemen: An analysis of external dimension
Published 2015“…Within the events of the political crisis, that started to appear in 2006, and the failure of dialogue between the regime and the political opposition in 2010, and blow of Arab Spring winds to Yemen in the beginning of 2011, it appears clearly that democracy building strongly faced serious challenges and closing doors.Although the Gulf Cooperation Council's Initiative in Nov.2011 gave some hopes to find some outlets, and suggested what we call the transition period of two years in order to reach a presidential and parliamentary elections, the invasion of the Yemeni Capital in Sep. 2014 by Houthis militias, the cover allied between former president Salah and the Houthis militias, and the outbreak of armed extension by this militias to control the other govern orates all over the country, and hence the announcement of Zero Time to launch the Decisive Storm by the allied forces leaded by Saudi Arabia in March, 2015 to bring back the legitimate president Hadi to power, all these events stopped the process of democracy building and pushed this process to the Grand Failure Station. …”
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Ideologies in President Muhammadu Buhari's Inaugural speech
Published 2022“…In contrast, the betrayal of the homeland and the nation was the ideological foundation of the People's Democratic Party, Boko Haram, and the Niger Delta militias. Therefore, it could be perceived that the social acts of both the in-group and the out-group were formed and structured in terms of these two ideological foundations.…”
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Youth unemployment and poverty in Nigeria: A threat to sustainable growth and development
Published 2016“…Therefore, the problems associated with youth unemployment and poverty in Nigeria include government failure to empower youths to sustain a living, high rate of crime, the rapid growth of ethnic militias and Boko Haram insurgency, youth involvement in political violence and drug trafficking. …”
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News framing and ethnic conflicts vulnerability in multiethnic societies
Published 2015“…The springboard of conflicts in most multiethnic African societies have been alluded to the media and ethnic group leaders, however much attention has not been directed at these helixes.More so that there is a new strong concern about the increasing cases of ethnic conflicts being stimulated by dramatic surge in intolerant expressions, the hardening of ethno-political positions and the proliferation of ethnic militias that have unleashed varying degrees of violence and terror on the polity while the government interventions appeared ineffective.This motivates the main objective of this study which goes beyond understanding the immediate motives for ethnic conflicts in Nigeria but to discover the mainsprings of ethnic conflict behaviour in relation to the roles of newspaper framing and ethnic groups’ attitudes alongside a long lasting solutions.Therefore, series of accusations against the Nigeria newspapers by the ethnic group leaders lead us to understand that the media are indeed insensitive on the issues of ethnic conflict. …”
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The rise of the Fatimids, 280-296 A.H. 893-909 C.E.
Published 2017“…The Aghlabids’ meanwhile had successfully alienated all potential sources of support and the general public, antagonising the religious institutions and Arab militias and levying large cash taxes on the population in the late third/ninth century, making the Fatimids appear to be rescuers to many inhabitants. …”
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Continuing military dominance in the internal security approach of post-authoritarian Indonesia, 1998-2008
Published 2013“…The threats originate particularly from civil militia, radical religious groups and terrorists that cannot be handled by the police alone. …”
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Oilpolitics and violence in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: the role of regional elite (2005-2016)
Published 2018“…The findings show that the elites have contributed to the conflict through mismanagement of the region’s resources, and by financing, fraternising and co-opting militia groups into the government. They also spearheaded the upward review of the revenue allocation formula and recommended amnesty for Niger Delta militants. …”
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Recurring Armed Conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: an Insight into the SADC Intervention Problematique
Published 2017“…Conflict recurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) provides a litmus test to the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) capacity to sustainably resolve the conflict and build peace.The surrender of the March 23 (M23) rebels, followed by overtures to incorporate the same into the Congolese military and political institutions, seem not to have made much significant impact on the security stability in the eastern part of the country. Armed activities by militia groups such as the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR), the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and various Mayi Mayi groups are likely to cause a recurrence of a fully fledged armed conflict in eastern Congo. …”
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