BULAWAYO – In a suspected act of witchcraft, residents of Iminyela suburb in Bulawayo yesterday woke up to find a 21-year-old woman standing at her doorsteps half naked and smeared with ashes all over her body. Read more here.
It’s not uncommon to find a few skeletons in the closet of a departed leader. But, in Bozizé’s case, this was literally true: rebels entered one of his homes in the capital found two human skeletons carefully hidden underneath the house. Read more here.
According to the research of the Center for Economic and Social Development Ministry, in 2012 the citizens of the country spent about 200 million Euros on the witches and people with ESP. In a conversation with the Azerbaijani newspaper “Echo” said the chairman of the Center for Economic and Social Development Vugar Bayramov. Read more here.
NUWAKOT: Sanu Kanchi Tamang, 35, of Lachyang VDC -2, who was mercilessly beaten up by the locals for “practicing witchcraft”, about a week ago, now fears returning home. Read more here.
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says his government will repeal the country’s controversial Sorcery Act. Read more here.
The Miami Herald reported today that someone is trying to scare Anna Pierre from becoming the next mayor of North Miami. She is competing against seven other candidates to become mayor. Pierre claims someone is attempting to use Haitian voodoo. She has found chicken feathers, a voodoo doll with pins stuck in it and pennies. Pierre is Haitian so she is familiar with the practice of voodoo and blackmagic. Read more here.
The love of money is the root of all evil, so says the Bible. This aphorism aptly captures the experience of a 20-year-old man, Agu Nwanu, who said he delved into voodoo practices and money ritual in a bid to get rich by all means. Read more here.
This research carried out by Humane Africa, EACO and others in Uganda studies the issues relating to child mutilation, and is the only research based exclusively on firsthand eyewitness accounts in Uganda. Please see full report here: Child Sacrifice and the mutilation of children in Uganda
In rural Mukono Children and women travel miles each day to collect water for their families. It’s dangerous and debilitating. Children are kept out of school so that they can perform this and other associated household tasks.While walking long distances to collect water, children are vulneralbe to kidnapping and sacrifice, more so in Mukono and this happens when they travel to collect water to very far wells deep in the forests. These boreholes provide water closer to the town centre, so women and children do not have to travel far to fetch water, and are therefore safer from kidnapping and sacrifice. Read this article written by Shadrak Kyobe from EACO here.
An interview with Mirina Nanziri, Field Partners Coordinator & Editor, EACO Uganda, about her work with EACO to tackle the challenges faced by the women and children. See here.
