Warlordde:Warlord German Emperors bore the title of Warlord (German: Kriegsherr), sometimes as a formal label of honour, sometimes in grim earnest. More recently the word warlord has become a general pejorative term that refers to a person who has de facto military control of a subnational area by virtue of military force which is personally obedient to that warlord. Groups of rival warlords predominate in the rule of Somalia. As of 2003 much of Afghanistan, despite the presence of non-regional military forces there, also remains under warlord control. Other countries with warlords include Chechnya, Lebanon, Burma, Colombia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Historical warlordism in ChinaWarlords exercised widespread rule in China several times in Chinese history, notably in the period from the overthrow of the empire in 1911 until the Northern Expedition in 1927. Chinese warlords include:
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