The use of rape in tribal disputes has become, one might say, normal.

The cloak alone said it all - this man was beyond tribal dispute.

Worked to resolve many family and tribal disputes including the revenge disputes.

In 1996, with the civil war finally over, he formed a council to try to settle tribal disputes in his region.

But the massive environmental consequences and tribal disputes surrounding the issue offset the mining industry.

To stop kidnapping and checking on tribal disputes on the administrative borders.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for that bombing but local residents suggested it was a tribal dispute.

His responsibilities included holding elections, resolving tribal disputes and implementing development projects.

"I just tell the border guards that they were wounded in a tribal dispute and need treatment," he told me.

He ruled out any suggestion that the attack was an outgrowth of any tribal dispute.