rebel groups
Anti-government armed factions
Rebel groups are armed organizations that oppose and fight against an established government or ruling authority.
The term is relatively neutral compared to alternatives—governments call them terrorists or insurgents, while sympathizers might say freedom fighters or revolutionaries.
Rebel groups control much of the northern territory.
Peace talks between the government and rebel groups collapsed.
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- guerrillasIrregular combatants, unconventional warfare
- guerrilla warfareIrregular combat using ambushes
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
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- armed groupsmilitia, guerrillas, insurgents, paramilitary, militias
- Horn of AfricaSomalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mogadishu
- African ConflictsRwandan genocide, Boer War, Darfur, Al-Shabaab
- African military
- African politicsNigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Pan-Africanism, Mali
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Military under state control
armed forces · regular army · security forces · federal troops · police forces
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