A forty two year old man has been remanded in police custody for killing his grandmother. The suspect, Michael Dakodzi, who hails from Fiakpokope in the Akatsi South District, believed his grandmother was a witch and had caused him to suffer from elephantiasis. Read more here.
Strong beliefs in witchcraft are held in many of the countries that President Obama will be visiting on his tour — he must be made aware. Read more here.
A group of MPs has called on Barack Obama to use his trip to Africa to demand action against the widespread violence stemming from witchcraft. Read more here.
A 7th grade student of Isaac Lopez School in Bgy. Vergara in Mandaluyong City is prayed over by teachers and classmates after she was reported to be possessed by evil spirits during class, where she was among a dozen more students who suddenly acted out in an uncontrolled manner, crying and cursing, forcing the school to suspend classes for the rest of the day. Read more here.
A LITTLE boy who was brutally castrated and almost hacked to death by witch doctors in Uganda has been given a second chance thanks to the skill of Hunter surgeons. Read more here.
As President Obama commences his visit to Africa, we call upon him to use the tour as an opportunity to demand urgent action to tackle the widespread, and systemic, violations of human rights that take place across the Continent due to harmful practices connected to the belief in ‘witchcraft’. Read more here.
Accusations of sorcery put children at tremendous risk of discrimination or retribution. Although it is against Congolese law to accuse a child of sorcery, children like Josiane face such claims. UNICEF, government and NGO partners are working to protect children accused of witchcraft and to change cultural behaviour that puts these children at risk. Read more here.
A witch-doctor who murdered a farmer and cooked his genitals has been declared insane by a court in South Africa. Read more here.
Considering the violence experienced by ten-year-old Alan Ssemwanga, his survival is “miraculous”. Whilst searching for fruit in the forest, he was attacked by two men – beaten, castrated and left to die. Watch the documentary here.
GOVERNMENT says it is inhuman, illegal and intolerable for people to burn to death an elderly couple on suspicion of witchcraft and that the culprits must be punished. Read more here
