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Ninja

nouncommon in dialogue

An anti-government Bakongo rebel, active in Pool Department, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).

noun

  1. 1

    An anti-government Bakongo rebel, active in Pool Department, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville).

    To punish a population seen as Ninja sympathisers, the government last year effectively sealed off the entire region and barred all aid, turning Pool into a blank space on the humanitarian map.

    While the last major clashes were in 2003 in Pool — a southern region between the capital Brazzaville and the port city of Pointe Noire — Ninjas had continued to roam the region, robbing civilians and hijacking trains to the oil-rich coast.

    The Ninjas were loyal to former Prime Minister Bernard Kolelas, the father of Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, who stood in the presidential election in March and got 15% of the vote.

Etymology

From ninja.

Forms

plural
Ninjas
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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