Subclan

Weeks later I returned to the area and sought out a certain subclan leader I had heard about. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Because animals are the protection of all the family, the subclan and the clan. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In a second recent incident involving the SPLA and a subclan of the Nuer, local officials accused the military of looting and burning Nuer huts, and a group of elders in Unity State wrote a letter to world leaders that said crimes against humanity were committed, including the burning of homes and the killing of civilians. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Each week he would challenge another star wrestler from this or that subclan. ❋ Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2010)

It would be the same in the East End of London as it was in Somalia: the many wives, the many children and grandchildren, the elders of the clan and the subclan and the brother subclans, scores and scores of relatives would come to my father to pay their respects. ❋ Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2010)

She bore him sons but had no idea how to keep order in his camp, how to receive the elders from his subclan and others; she was always late with meals, and her sons were undisciplined. ❋ Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2010)

By May, Aidid, the leader of the Habr Gedir subclan, had decided that he was being marginalized by U.N. -- sponsored efforts to rebuild political structures in Somalia, When the American troops arrived in December, Aidid, who had helped to chase Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre out of Mogadishu, was acknowledged as a power in the land -- not least by Robert Oakley, Bush's representative in Somalia. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They say the elders of his own Habr Gedir subclan have distanced themselves from the warlord since he was routed from his headquarters in a massive show of U.N. force June 17. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The shelling came from the northern sector of the city, the domain of Ali Mahdi Mohamed and his Abgal subclan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"The uneducated Habr Gedir view him as a hero," says Mohammed Aden Guled, editor of a Mogadishu newspaper and a member of the subclan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

HE MOVES THROUGH THE CITY'S labyrinthine alleys at night, sleeping in safe houses and hospitals, guarded by militiamen from his own subclan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Elders of Aidid's subclan pledge Howe their fill support, then recant once out of his earshot. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Bushley, the chief elder, Isac Aliou, gave most of the food to his own subclan, the local property owners. ❋ Unknown (2008)