1. PRIME Minister Absalom Themba Dlamini has issued a warning to aspiring members of parliament against committing ritual murders to win the vote. Speaking during the Ascension prayer service held at Embangweni Royal Residence yesterday, the PM said it was very disturbing that, already, there were reported incidents of people disappearing under a cloud of controversy as the elections dates draw closer.
   He said His Majesty issued a similar warning.
   May 5, 2008
    
2. Ritual muderder at Hluthi
   A 65-year-old man from Hluthi has been killed and some of his body parts were missing, in what relatives say was a ritual killing by someone aspiring to be a Member of Parliament.
   May 5, 2008
    
3. King Mswati III has urged Swaziland's politicians not to engage in ritual killings to boost their chances in October's elections.
   June 2, 2003
    
4. Three children, whose mutilated bodies were found buried in isolated areas of Swaziland, are believed to have been killed as part of traditional rituals to bring luck to election candidates.
   August 26, 2002 

Tanzania ^{(1 case registered here)}

1. Deadly harvest of body parts
   Many albinos - some estimates put the number at over 50 - have been killed in various parts of Tanzania in recent months for get-rich rituals.
   
   The problem has reached such proportions that Tanzania's President, Jakaya Kikwete, used his monthly television address to announce a crackdown on the traditional healers as well as plans to register albinos to improve their safety. "These killings are shameful and distressing to our society," said Mr Kikwete in his Wednesday night speech to the nation. "I am told that people kill albinos and chop their body parts, including fingers, believing they can get rich."
   
   Kenya, Uganda, the DRC are alo mentioned in the article as well as Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa.
   May 5, 2008
   
    

Togo ^{(1 case registered here)}

1. A Nigerian trader of Igbo origin (....) is reportedly killed in Lome, Togo, by a mob. He was killed in a reprisal against alleged killing of three Togolese children, by a Nigerian, for rituals, a statement from Embassy of Nigeria in Togo has said. The man was reported to have been killed at Asiyeye market in Lome, the capital of Togo, during a riot sparked by the killing-for-ritual allegation.
   May 3, 2007
    

Uganda ^{(2 cases registered here)}

1. Mob, Ritual Killing Worry Police
   (...) In another incident, a mutilated body of a woman aged between 25 and 30 years was found abandoned in a bush in Kanyanya, Kawempe division in what the Police suspect to have been a ritual murder.
   July 14, 2007
    
2. Concern is growing in Uganda over the rise of ritual killing of children, according to media reports. Two weeks ago, five-year old Aggrey Muguluma of Rubaga Division was killed in a suspected ritual by wealth-seeking criminals.
   August 18, 2006
    

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