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South Africa: ‘Satanic ritual’ trial postponed again.

Johannesburg – The trial of three men and a minor accused of killing a teenage girl in an alleged satanic ritual was postponed by the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Read more here.

India: Nephew kills woman branding her a witch

SURAT: A 55-year-old woman was branded a ‘witch’ and murdered by her nephew at Vagheshwar village of Mahuva taluka in Surat on Sunday night. The 35-year-old accused Arjun Halpati, who was arrested on Monday, told police that he could see spirits in her eyes. Read more here.

Kenya: Trader uses juju to flush out robbers

Two men were yesterday left dazed and drowsy after a witchdoctor allegedly administered a potent to flash out robbers A businessman in Machakos hired the witchdoctor to track down thugs who robbed him of Sh140,000 last week. Read more here.

Ghana: ‘Juju’ at Supreme Court

Nasty scenes erupted at the Supreme Court in Accra on Thursday morning when two top officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP), nearly traded punches over voodoo known in local parlance as ‘juju’. Read more here.

India: Bill on crimes against women stuck in files

JAIPUR: With the Union government planning to introduce a bill similar to the Rajasthan Women (Prevention of Atrocities) Bill, the state government is now in a fix and is looking for alternative ways to include crimes like branding women as ‘witch’ etc. in some other law. Read more here. 

Papua New Guinea: PNG jails sorcery killer for 30 years

A PAPUA New Guinean who accused his aunt of sorcery and killed her with an axe has been jailed for 30 years, days after the United Nations urged a tougher stance on such murders. Read more here.

Malawi: Two Malawian men jailed for jacking old woman over witchcraft

Two Malawian men will the next eight years languish in jail after a court convicted them for hacking their 67-year-old grandmother’s left leg. Read more here.

Gabon: Gabon girl’s death sparks fears of ritual killings

LIBREVILLE — The discovery of a young girl’s body on a Libreville beach last month shocked the city and reignited the debate over ritual killings in Gabon, sparking outrage on social media sites and forcing President Ali Bongo Ondimba to react. Read more here.

India: 12-year-old escapes human sacrifice in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR: A 12-old boy of Bhatapara, Khonkhli village was admitted to Ambedkar hospital late on Friday in a critical condition while his parents said that he has escaped death after being victimised to superstition. Read more here.

Philippines: Suspected witch killed

A woman suspected by her neighbors to be a witch was stabbed and killed in a remote village of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Saturday. Read more here.

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