Posts by whrin_admin

Kenya: Juju, the security alarm for straying spouses

 Kisumu has gone juju! Call your husband to come and key in the security password to set you free!” shouted a woman from the crowd. Read more here.

India: Awareness campaign against witchcraft at jamgaon

Short video showing a campaign against witchcraft in Jamgaon. See here. 

India: public meeting against witchcraft at jamgaon

Video of a public meeting held in Jamgaon against witchcraft. See here. 

Uganda:Man Beheaded for Witchcraft

In Uganda, the belief in witchcraft and ‘black’ magic is very strong. The term witchcraft evokes fear in the minds of people across the country. Very often people attribute death, diseases or any misfortune to witchcraft. Witchcraft accusations often take place among neighbours, family or community members. People hate or react violently to anybody suspected of using occult powers to harm or destroy. A witch is generally seen as an ‘enemy within’ who should be eliminated.  Read more here.

Zambia: Riot In Katete District After Ritual Murder

Reports coming from Katete district indicate that after a suspected ritual murder of a grade 12 Katete Day Secondary School female pupil, residents have gone on rampage throwing stones and breaking shops belonging to a named Indian business man. It has been reported after the arrest of four suspected murderers (3 males and 1 female) that after some quizzing scanty information gathered lead to some Indian business man as the mastermind behind the killing. Read more here. 

Congo: The Lucrative Business Driving Congo’s Witchcraft Courts

LEMERA – One woman now lives with her daughter in a densely populated neighborhood of the city of Bukavu, in eastern Congo. Six months ago, she had been sentenced to permanent exile from her native village of Lemera, in the South Kivu province, after a tribal court tried and convicted her of using witchcraft to kill her neighbor’s three children. Read more here.

Nigeria: Made-in-togo juju *How Nigerian fraudsters now aid their deals with local charms

Advance Fee Fraud, popularly known as “419” in Nigeria, is not news to an average countryman. However, what many are unaware of is the deeper dimensions it has taken in some parts of the country. Read more here. 

Papua New Guinea: Two women beheaded in Papua New Guinea over witchcraft claims

Two elderly women have been beheaded in front of a crowd of onlookers in Papua New Guinea in the latest of a spate of brutal attacks in the country against people accused of witchcraft. Read more here.

Haiti: Voodoo alive and well

Article on the annual Voodoo festival at Souvenance, a small village outside of Gonaives. Souvenance was formed by escaped and freed slaves from Dahomey (present day Benin) about two hundred years ago. During this week at Souvenance all of the Rada Iwa, or Voodoo spirits of Dahomey origin, are honored through different ceremonies, song and dance. Read more here.

India: Ek Thi Daayan regressive and witch-hunting is tragic, say women’s groups

Ghosts exist and black magic works. At least in Bollywood, where the upcoming Ek Thi Daayan is the latest in the list of films on witches, occult and the like, much to the dismay of women’s groups who argue that witch hunting is not entertainment but a tragic fact that has led to women being targeted and even killed. Read more here.

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