News

PS slams defilement, witchcraft

NATIONAL Coordination and Presidency PS Josephta Mukobe has urged Coast leaders to educate the community on the implications of ignoring the law. Read more here.

Dubai: 2 held for ‘money from the sky’ scam

Dubai Police have arrested two expatriates who duped their victims into believing they can bring money from the sky with the help of jinn (ghosts). Read more here.

Zimbabwe: Man Kills Dad Accusing Him of Witchcraft

Masvingo — A 79-year-old Bikita man allegedly died after his son reportedly pummelled him with a log several times on the head after being accused of possessing a goblin that was causing mysterious deaths in the family.Philimon Kanhiwayi of Zema Village in Mazungunye communal lands was allegedly hit with a log by his son, Moses Chisakaregwa (25) on Tuesday night until bled from the nose and mouth. Read more here.

Zimbabwe: ‘Crash-landing’ witches arrested

TWO suspected witches have been arrested after  they were found naked  outside a house in Harare’s Budiriro suburb early  Wednesday. Read more here.

India: Man beheads 6-year-old daughter as sacrifice in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: A 35-year-old former member of janpad panchayat beheaded his 6-year-old daughter offering her as sacrifice to a deity in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. Read more here.

Africa: ‘Witch-Gun’ and superstition in Guinea and Sierra Leone

Belief in ‘witch-gun’ is common among the peoples of Guinea and Sierra Leone. It is not clear how they came about this superstitious notion. But the belief is deep rooted. In fact there are as many conceptions of witch- gun as there are believers. One figure whose notion of a ‘witch gun’ stands out is the National President of Sierra Leone Indigenous Traditional Healers Union, ‘Dr’. Alhaji Suliaman Kabba. He said “The earliest and deadliest type of witch gun is made out of the husk from rice, but today’s witch guns are made out of gun powder while others are made out of lead. In fact the type of witch gun bullet that is most frequently removed when people are shot is the lead.” Read more here.

Africa: Witchcraft and mental health in Chad

​A recent report by the BBC reveals a threatening dimension of witchcraft belief in Chad. This time, people are not banishing alleged witches to camps as in Ghana, or driving ‘child witches’ to the streets as in Angola, Nigeria or in Congo DRC. Read more here.

Nigeria: Battered, stripped and disgraced: Is this woman truly a witch?

STEPHEN GBADAMOSI reports the ordeal of a woman branded witch by members of a community and how she was subjected to inhuman treatment. Read more here.

Australia: Voodoo sex pest set free from jail

A SERIAL sex offender who once used a bizarre voodoo-type ritual to con a teenager into undressing before sexually assaulting her has been released from jail. Read more here.

India: Nailin Kamei refutes charge, clarifies

Refuting the charge leveled against him by the ZUF that he was punished for practising witchcraft/black magic, Nailin Kamei, chairman/khullakpa of Chingmei Kabui VA dismissed the charges as concocted, fabricated, misleading and false. Read more here.

This is widgetised area:
Global Sidebar