1. Unless a baby is born head first and face upwards, many communities in northern Benin believe the child is a witch or sorcerer. And tradition demands that the infant must be killed.
   July 18, 2005
    

Botswana  ^{(3 cases registered here)}

1. MP Causes Uproar Over 'Masire Ordered Killing' Jibe
   Member of Parliament (MP) for Ngwaketse West, Mephato Reatile, caused an uproar in Parliament on Friday when he charged that former President Sir Ketumile Masire was behind the 1994 killing of Binto Moroke in Mochudi. The youth was killed during riots that followed the ritual murder of Segametsi Mogomotsi.
   December 4, 2006
    
2. Ritual killers get jail sentences.
   April 5, 2006
    
3. Court of Appeal orders govt to pay Sekobye for unlawful arrest
   Sekobye, who was arrested and detained on a charge of murder of the 14-year-old Segametsi Mogomotsi, had lodged an appeal with the Court of Appeal.  Segametsis body was found on November 6, 1994 on an open space in Mochudi. Her body had fatal injuries to the chest and her genitals had been removed. Her injuries thus had the hallmarks of a ritual killing. The police arrested and detained Sekobye as a suspect in the murder on 10 November 1994. Sekobyes arrest was based on the strength of a statement made on November 6 by a 15-year-old girl.
   31 January, 2006
    

Burkina Faso ^{(1 case registered here)}

1. On January 9, February 11 and 24 of 2004 mutilated girls were found.
   French article of February 29, 2004
    

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