Sentence examples for local clans from inspiring English sources
One company has its own helicopters, and several have even forged diplomatic alliances with local clans.
The importance among new Chinese arrivals of local clans and identities back in mainland China is not sufficiently emphasised.
As the famine's toll continues to mount, pressure has built on Shabab leaders, especially those with connections to local clans.
Away from the opera bouffe of Manila, Philippine politics looks less like liberal democracy than elective feudalism, where dominant local clans hold sway.
The region has seen a surge in home-grown Islamic fundamentalism, increasing lawlessness among the police and security services and feuding between local clans.
He founded Isha Human Rights Group in Baidoa in 1999, where warlords were committing serious human rights violations against local clans.
Today, between parents, siblings, cousins and their offspring, his local clan numbers 56.
Military action cannot be taken without the support of local clan leaders.
The gift came from a powerful local clan called the Populzai.
Together with local clan factions, the Shabab took control of the southern port of Kismayo on August 24th.
This monster was a masali, a spirit creature, who was a totem animal for a local clan.
