Sentence examples for a faction of an from inspiring English sources

"Such an initiative could emerge within a faction of an existing organisation or it could occur as a result of a dynamic of competition [for outside funds and recruits] between grouplets in an area with many actors.

PAGE A10 NIGER REBELS CLAIM KIDNAPPING A faction of an insurgent group of nomadic tribesmen fighting in northern Niger said that it had kidnapped a Canadian diplomat serving as the United Nations envoy to the country, then appeared to retract the claim.

Until his reported defection, Mr. Indahaadde led the militia of a faction of a key Islamic insurgent group, the Islamic Party.

The rebels belong to a faction of a separatist Muslim group, the Moro National Liberation Front, that fought the government until a peace deal was struck five years ago.

"They [Muslims] will have to prove beyond doubt that they are Indian citizens before we allow them to come back," says Govinda Basumatary, who heads a faction of a group called the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB).

Mr. Abdullah, the authorities said, led a faction of a group called the Ummah, meaning the Brotherhood, which advocates the establishment of a separate nation within the United States governed by Islamic laws.

A4 Brazilian Candidate Confident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the favorite in presidential elections in Brazil, saw his chances further strengthened when a faction of a crucial political party in Rio de Janeiro state threw its weight behind his left-wing campaign, abandoning the ruling party's candidate.

In 1998 a faction of militants created a new organization, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.

A faction of yaks protested.

In July 2011 he survived an assassination attack by a faction of soldiers.

A faction of insurgents, led by a Weather Underground-type, Col. Saul Tigh Michael Hogann), has become increasingly bloodthirsty.