1. Four people accused and lynched by the population of Akele and Mbombo.
   French article of December 12, 2004
    

Congo (Kinshasa) ^{(3 cases registered here)}

1. Triangle of Death:
   In 2003 the Mai Mai launched an insurgency against Congo’s new transitional government and its army. Since that time they have murdered local chiefs, government officials, persons who registered to vote in upcoming elections, and people they accuse of sorcery, many of whom were killed in horrific public ceremonies. Some of the victims were cannibalized.
   Human Rights Watch 2006
    
2. Cannibalisme goes unpunished in Katanga.
   July 21, 2006
    
3. The International Criminal Court is being urged to investigate "a campaign of extermination" against pygmies in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
   April 6, 2004
    

Gabon ^{(5 cases registered here)}

1. When the body of 13-year-old Ralph Edang N'na was found drained of blood and with gaping wounds in his genitals, chest and neck last month, many in Gabon thought it was politicians who had ordered his killing.
   April 16, 2008
    
2. Kofi Akosah-Sarpong discusses a Gabonese teacher’s campaign against human sacrifice and its wide-spread implications Africa’s progress
   June 6, 2007
    
3. Libreville - A three-year-old in Gabon was killed after having been kidnapped, raped and burnt with an iron as part of what may have been a ritualistic ceremony, family members and others said on Wednesday.
   The head of the Gabonese Association for the Fight Against Ritual Crimes said the murder carried the marks of a ritual, a recurring practice in the country. The rituals often involve kidnapping young people and mutilating
   April 4, 2007
    
4. After a series of suspected ritual kiling cases that had occurred early this year, in April another victim was found in the oil-producing central
   African state. Gabon's government (...) appealed to the public not to take justice in their own hands following the lynching of two men suspected of sodomising
   a 3-year-old boy and draining his blood in a ritual murder case.
   Friday, April 13, 2007
    
5. At the twentieth century’s end, religion and magic constitute one of the most powerful rhetorics of political culture in Equatorial Africa. Public rumors depict sorcery as the most common way to achieve personal success, wealth, and prestige in times of economic shortage and declining social opportunities.
   Undated
    

Gambia ^{(1 case registered here)}

1. UK / Luton - Ritual killing of a faith healer from the Gambia?
   May 5, 2006
    

Ghana ^{(1 case registered here)}

1. A priest in Ghana's Central Region has confessed to killing eight people including his ex-wife since the beginning of the year, saying they were slain for ritual purposes.
   December 12, 2006
    

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