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Aiding Children Accused of Witchcraft
Over a year ago, *Selene’s nine-year-old daughter *Emma began waking up every morning and saying that witches were taking her to the woods at...
Malawi’s jailed witches get a lease of life
A human rights group in Malawi is causing a stir as it embarks on a mission to gather 10,000 signatures from locals to force...
Malawi’s illegal crackdown against witches
The Association of Secular Humanism, Malawian human rights group, has demanded that the Malawian government release over eighty Malawians serving time in prison for...
Africa’s unfortunate child witches
A new Unicef report has identified greater urbanization in Africa, disruption caused by war and the growing economic burden of raising children, as factors...
Africa: Child-witchcraft or Autism symptoms?
Across Sub-Sahara Africa, children from underprivileged backgrounds who sometimes exhibit symptoms of Autism, are often labeled as witches or wizards, and victimized - poisoned,...
Uganda priest nabbed for BBC hoax was paid to dramatize
Police in Uganda has arrested a Catholic evangelist who told a BBC reporter that he killed 70 people when he was still practicing witchcraft.
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Juju man to decide World Cup?
Traditional medicines and witch doctors could be allowed in South Africa for the 2010 Word Cup of football, according to FIFA's third International Football...
Freak snake stories on the rise in Zimbabwe
If you want to make quick money but at considerable risk just grab a
snake and fly over to Zimbabwe. In the last three...
Zimbabwe: Self-confessed witch mentally stable
A self-confessed witch in Zimbabwe who claimed to have flown naked in a winnowing basket for 120km has been given a wholly suspended one-year...
Zimbabwe: Witch flies naked 120km in a basket to kill?
A 21 year old woman stunned a court when she claimed she flew 75 miles in a winnowing basket with two witches on a...
Nigerian Withcraft: Pastor fights deceitful counterparts
A Nigerian pastor has called on fellow pastors in Nigeria to stop deceiving people with the notion of witchcraft. Apostle John Okoriko, the founder...
Nigeria: mysterious loss of a Penis
Motor bike Taxi drivers from Gwagwalada, a small locality close to Abuja in the middle of Nigeria, have gathered to protest against a client...