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Our Database is an information hub on global political movements and insurgencies. Our writers are entirely neutral on all issues covered, and this archive does not in any way seek to condone violence or extremism. The journalistic objective of The Modern Insurgent is to create a purely informative database of scholarly articles and analyses of political movements.
Charlie McCombie
Mar 4, 2024
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA)
Insurgency Overview​​ The CMA is a mostly secular, Tuareg-Arab separatist political-military coalition seeking independence for Azawad –...
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Jericho Leavitt
Jan 4, 2024
Eastern Security Network (ESN)
Insurgency Overview The Eastern Security Network (ESN) is the paramilitary branch of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB),a separatist...
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Jericho Leavitt
Nov 8, 2023
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Introduction & Overview The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a separatist/secessionist organization operating in Nigeria that aims...
376
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Sep 11, 2023
Ansaru
Insurgency Overview Ansaru is an Islamic, Jihadist fundamentalist organisation and terrorist group which is based in the northeast of...
131
Ethan Rooney
Sep 6, 2023
Red Dragons
*Note: The Red Dragon militia group do not have an official flag. This is the flag of the self-proclaimed State of Ambazonia which they...
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Orlando Miceli
Aug 4, 2023
Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL)
Insurgency Overview The Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL) is a Gaddafi-loyalist militia and political party which has...
454
Liam Coyle
May 9, 2023
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)
Note: This is not the official flag of the Niger Delta Avengers, but rather a reproduction containing the flag of Biafra (as this...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Apr 25, 2023
Arrow Boys
Note: This is not the official flag of the Arrow Boys, but rather a reproduction containing the flag of South Sudan (as this is the...
307
Nicholas Kramer
Feb 24, 2023
Islamic State Mozambique (ISM)
Insurgency Overview The Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) is the name given to the Salafi-Jihadist insurgent group that has been affiliated...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Feb 9, 2023
Hasm Movement
Insurgency Overview The Hasm Movement, also known as Harakat Sawa’d Misr, Arms of Egypt Movement, and Harikat Souaid Misr (Pompeo, 2021)...
292
Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Feb 1, 2023
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS)
Introduction & Overview Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) is an ISIS affiliate organisation which operates in the Sahel region...
291
Nicholas Kramer
Jan 25, 2023
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)
Insurgency Overview The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is a Salafi-Jihadist insurgent group that has acted as a subsidiary of...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Jan 24, 2023
Islamic State in Libya (ISL)
Introduction & Overview The Islamic State in Libya (IS in Libya - ISL) is an extension of the Islamist militant organisation in Syria...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Jan 13, 2023
Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Insurgency Overview The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are a Sudanese government-funded and operated paramilitary force. The RSF grew out of...
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Daniele Molteni
Dec 31, 2022
Boko Haram (JAS Faction)
Insurgency Overview Boko Haram is a Salafi-Jihadist group which was founded in 2002 and is fighting for the implementation of strict...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Nov 27, 2022
Janjaweed
Note: This is not the official flag of the Janjaweed, but rather a reproduction based on the badges they wear (which contains Sudan's...
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Hamish Harris
Nov 27, 2022
Mai-Mai Kata Katanga
Introduction & Overview Mai-Mai Kata Katanga is a rebel organisation which formed in 2011 and operates in the Southeastern province of...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Nov 23, 2022
Anti-Balaka Militants
Note: This is not the official flag of the Anti-Balaka militias, but rather a reproduction based on the badges they wear (which contains...
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Edwin Dudley-Taylor
Nov 9, 2022
Tubu Militias
Note: the flag below is the flag of the Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya; Tubu Militias do not have one general flag. Introduction...
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Tim Koen
Nov 8, 2022
Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
Insurgency Overview Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) is an Afrikaans-South African far-right group fighting for an independent...
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