Massive protests and tribal tensions have since erupted between the president's Kikuyu tribe and the majority of other tribes not favorably aligned to the outcome.
Using violence, anti-colonial rhetoric, and a cult of personality, Mobutu consolidated his power and suppressed tribal tensions.
Mr. Moi, who is 73 and has been in power since 1978, has accused opposition leaders of fanning tribal tensions.
African countries have class and tribal tensions and differing degrees of openness.
As pluralism creeps in, so does tribal tension.
Since the genocide and war, the religion has been involved in resolving tribal tensions based on its teachings of principle of the oneness of humanity.
Afflicted by tribal tensions at the start of their decade of freedom, the two Kurdish factions have come together.
Ethnic, religious, particularly Christian versus Muslim, tribal, cultural and economic tensions appear to be endemic in Nigeria.
In the early 1970s, tribal tensions rose and some turned to the American Indian Movement (AIM) for help.
Critics said they were inflaming tribal tensions and trying to salvage the unsalvageable.