Liberia president says ritual killings on the rise

Rise in ritual killings worry Bukoba residents
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KAGERA residents have raised concern over a recent wave of ritual killings, particularly in Bukoba municipality, Muleba and Bukoba Rural districts. Latest reports from Muleba District said a young man identified as Kalokola Fabian, aged between 16-18 ...

Kagera steps up ritual killings fight
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THE Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), George Mayunga, has ordered officers commanding districts (OCDs) in the region to prepare lists of all witch doctors in their respective areas in an effort to control ritual killings. RPC Mayunga issued the ...

Police in Ivory Coast have set up a special unit to investigate a series of suspected ritual child killings.

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Tanzania albino killings to end, vows President Kikwete
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Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete has vowed to end the killings of albinos, which he said had brought shame on the East African nation. "I'm shocked and saddened at the sudden upsurge in these macabre killings," he is quoted as saying in a TV address.
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Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spoke to Newshour about whether Ebola has left another scar on a country already scarred by years of civil war.

>When I was a kid there was a funny, dirty popular jingle.  A naughty song about bad wind, or in impolite, raw English, farting. Allegedly composed on the East African coast where Swahili lullabies developed and creativity blossomed. Swahili of Taarab, fun, mischief, music and fish.

Ritual killers now a fearsome menace
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RITUAL killers, head hunters and sexual predators are out of their lairs again. They are on the prowl. It was reported in yesterday's edition of the 'Sunday News' that five people have been killed in Bukoba in what seems to be an orgy of superstitious murders.

Boy slaughtered in ritual killing
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POLICE in Kagera Region are investigating an incident where a nine-year old boy (name withheld) was murdered, with witchcraft beliefs believed to be the reason. Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr George Mayunga, said the incident happened ...