1.   He belongs to a minority tribe, the Karen, and in a Buddhist land he follows a minority religion.

2.   Buyoya, who was from the politically dominant minority Tutsi tribe, expressed his preference for democracy within the single party.

3.   The Alliance is composed of minority tribes within Afghanistan, does not have the support of the Pashto-speaking majority and is opposed by neighboring Pakistan.

4.   The opposition, dominated by the minority Tutsi tribe, is demanding the overthrow of the government, which is led by a member of the Hutu majority.

5.   Those massacres were mostly committed by Hutu militia against the minority Tutsi tribe and the moderate Hutu opposition.

6.   Among them were soldiers and militia members accused of massacring hundreds-of-thousands of people -- most from the minority Tutsi tribe.

7.   And he faces continuing rebellion from minority tribes in the Niger River delta, the epicenter of oil production.

8.   But the traditional leader of the minority Ndebele tribe never achieved his burning ambition of becoming the first black leader.

9.   Colleagues blamed extremists from the minority Tutsi tribe.

10.   Elders in Matabeleland have demanded state-sponsored rites to apologize to the minority Ndebele tribe for civilian slayings.