11.   The government has repeatedly assured families of servicemen that casualties will be quickly ferried home for traditional family burial rites, a cornerstones of tribal custom in Zimbabwe.

12.   A delegation of Sioux Indians from Fort Peck, Montana, is attending the D-Day commemoration on the Normandy beaches to honour their dead according to tribal custom.

13.   Women in the male-dominated mountainous region known for its rigid tribal customs will also be eligible to vote, he said.