| The system of chieftaincy follows the progression of paramount chief, senior chiefs, sub-chiefs, headmen and sub-headmen. |
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| From time to time there are some isolated conflicts which are mostly as a result of chieftaincy disputes. |
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| Gender is certainly a faultline running through chieftaincy and traditional authority structures, and not only in relation to land. |
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| The canton chieftaincy has remained a central component of the local nobility. |
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| During the reporting period, 37 paramount chieftaincy elections were held in the country. |
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| I treated you like a worthy son of the soil, gave you a chieftaincy title, even took other people's lands by force and gave them to you. |
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| He may also have been embittered by his failure to win the chieftaincy of the Kidal Tuareg tribal confederacy. |
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| Thus, the institution of chieftaincy and its role as established by customary law, together with its councils, is important and should be maintained and guaranteed. |
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| In northern districts of Sierra Leone, women were not allowed to contest chieftaincy elections. |
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| Our traditional system of rulers, leaders, or chieftaincy encouraged or for that matter survived on the bestowing of gifts, patronage and favors. |
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| Efforts to encourage reconciliation continue, though several violent confrontations have taken place related to chieftaincy and land succession. |
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| This legal instrument among others focuses on chieftaincy and the role of the chief. |
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| Since independence, the institution of the chieftaincy in Sierra Leone has become increasingly politicized and subjected to interference from central government, as was the case with the Biriwa Chieftaincy elections. |
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| Bai Bureh was allowed to return in 1905, when he resumed his chieftaincy of Kasseh. |
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| There are about 18 ethnic groups that exhibit similar cultural features, such as secret societies, chieftaincy, patrilineal descent, and farming methods. |
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| The trend towards growing regional and ethnic polarization, as well as increasing politicization of paramount chieftaincy elections, is cause for some concern. |
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| Ghana, for instance, aims through this programme to develop effective collaboration between government and civil society for early response to emerging conflicts over land, resources and chieftaincy succession. |
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| The two principles that governed my life at Mqhekezweni were chieftaincy and the Church. |
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| The violence emanates from traditional differences, relating to chieftaincy between the Kusasis and Mamprusis, ethnic groups, which has developed over a long period of time. |
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| And it does not help that the lowermost part of Broadway was originally laid out as a footpath by the people of the Wickquasgeck chieftaincy, long before Europeans arrived. |
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