When Leo Igwe was a child living in Nigeria, he saw his father beaten after being accused of witchcraft. Accusations of witch craft run rampant in many parts of western Africa, and Igwe has made it his life’s work to bring attention to the problem. Read more here.
A self-acclaimed man of God who runs a church in Ugbolu community, near Asaba, Delta State, has allegedly put three female members of his choir in the family way. Please read more here.
A Beit Bridge traditional healer was arrested for allegedly killing a “demon-possessed” woman during a botched ritual to drive out evil spirits. Read more here.
A 2o-year-old man, Polycarp Tagan, in Bokkos local government area of Plateau State has confessed to killing his four-month-old daughter for money-making rituals. Read more here.
Youths of Nkamogo Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South local government area of Ebonyi State yesterday killed one Kalu Udu, 30 for allegedly inflicting stroke on one Okoro (surname) through witchcraft. Read more here.
Witchcraft, superstition or reality? It is gradually becoming a scourge and a business. Read more here.
A 25 -year- old man in Zimbabwe this week killed his father after accusing him of engaging in acts of witchcraft causing death in their family. Read more here.
An elderly woman was lynched by some tea garden workers on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Helem Tea Estate in Assam’s Sonitpur district today. Read more here.
It is one of those questions that no one will dare ask in this case – namely, was Aaron Alexis, the Washington Navy Yard shooter ”demonically possessed” by an evil spirit at the time he massacred 12 people and injured 8 more last Monday? Doctors I try to talk to about this particular subject either refuse to discuss it altogther, get angry with me for asking the question or they hang the phone up in my ear. Read more here.
Kokrajhar, Sept. 18: A couple, branded as witches, are on the run with their children following threats to their lives. Read more here.
