Zambia: Government condemns the burning to death of an elderly couple on suspicion of practising witchcraft
Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni says the act is illegal, inhuman and intolerable and will not go unpunished. Read more here.
Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni says the act is illegal, inhuman and intolerable and will not go unpunished. Read more here.
An 80-year-old man of Kasongo in Ndola and his wife believed to be in her 70s have been burnt to death by angry residents on suspicion that the couple was practising witchcraft. Read more here.
Two children of the same parents, identified as Omolayo Ojeifo(25) and her younger brother, Taiye (20) reportedly lured their mother identified as Mrs. Itowo Ojeifo to a farm road and killed her. Read more here.
Mr. Fredrick Ayeko said the government was forced to coordinate for the anti-witchcraft committees to sensitize the people to stop targeting elderly people for killing on claims which could not be justified. Read more here. Read more here.
The suspect was arrested by the police after he brought his girlfriend to Accra to be sold to some spiritualist for ritual purposes. Read more here.
Visitors to Jinja are often intrigued by stories of witchcraft. While some consider them remnants of a bygone era, others take them very seriously. According to Waiswa Hassan Muyiri, who says he is possessed by a spirit called Muyiri, more than 60% of Basoga regularly consult witch-doctors. Read more here.
Have you noticed that the primary business of pastors is the collection of money? Every manipulative trick in the book is used to do this. The father of this disgraceful practice is Paul. Without a doubt, Paul is a past-master at manipulating churches for money. Read more here.
The future of another teenage girl, Roda, in Nalerigu, in the Northern Region of Ghana is hanging in the balance at this writing. She is accused of bewitching the school prefect and preventing him from taking this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). She is in junior high school and was to graduate in the coming year. Read more here.
South Africa’s powerful “traditional” doctors have issued a chilling warning NOT to switch off Nelson Mandela’s life support machine. They said whoever turns off the switch will never come to terms with the decision. Read more here.
Court workers who were cleaning the court room, found the residents rubbing the paraphernalia at the judge’s seat and table. Read more here.