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India: Santhals framing rule guide book to eradicate superstition

With witchcraft and dowry killings being increasingly reported among the Santhals, the tribe, living mostly in eastern India, is engaged in framing a “codified rule guide book” to do away with the social ills. Read more here.

Ghana: ActionAid Ghana celebrates Mother’s Day with alleged witches

As part of efforts to redeem the human rights and dignity of alleged witches, ActionAid Ghana (AAG) and its partner Songtaba, both non-governmental organizations on Friday celebrated Mother’s Day with the inmates of the Gnani witches camp. Read more here.

Gabon: Thousands march against ritual killings

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Thousands of Gabonese people marched to protest ritual killings, in which people are murdered so their body parts can be used in amulets to bring good luck. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, Gabon’s first lady, led the event Saturday along with Christian and Muslim religious leaders. Read more here.

Ghana: Children of alleged witches forced to withdraw from school

Children of alleged witches in Ghani witches camp in Yendi in the Northern region, are appealing to government to establish an alternative school in their community to save them from the constant stigmatization they suffer in the hands of their classmates.  Read more here.

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabian mosque preacher arrested for sorcery

An unnamed man has been arrested in Saudi Arabia for practicing magic and using two wolves to frighten off jinn, the Arabic word for ghosts. According to an Emirates 24/7 report dated May 6, Saudi Arabian authorities raided the house of the sorcerer in the town of Almaa and seized his wolves, along with 63 talismans and a large sum of other magic items. Read more here.

Gabon: Anonymous fights to stop the ritual killing of children in Gabon

Anonymous hacktivists fight to stop ritual killings in the African nation of Gabon, where certain human body parts are prized by some for their supposed supernatural powers. Read more here.

India: Policeman arrested for human sacrifice, skeletons recovered

Ranchi: A senior constable was arrested in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on charges of trying to sacrifice two girls, police said on Friday. Read more here.

Zimbabwe: 2 elderly women die in village witch hunt

TWO elderly women died after drinking an unknown substance during a village witch hunt, police said on Wednesday. Read more here.

Swaziland: Stamp out muti attacks

Yet another older woman walking alone in the bush has been attacked and most horribly mutilated. This time the attacker cut off her breast and ran off with it. The pain was indescribable; Make Malita Simelane doesn’t even remember calling for help. This was not only an assault on her life but on her dignity as a woman and she will bear the scars for the rest of her life. Read more here.

India: 2 held for human sacrifice attempt

Burda, April 28: Two persons were arrested Sunday in connection with an attempt to sacrifice a 10-year-old boy to retrieve hidden wealth stored beneath the ground in Sana Phasad village under Loisingha police limits in Bolangir district. Read more here.

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