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Zambia: Two elderly people killed on witchcraft suspicion

TWO elderly people  have been axed to death in Eastern Province on suspicion of practicing witchcraft Police Public Relations Officer Ms. Elizabeth Kanjela has announced. Read more here. 

Kenya: Sisters lynched in Kisii Village

TWO sisters were over the weekend lynched by villagers at Nyang’iti in Kisii over claims they were practicing witchcraft. The elderly sisters who were identified as Esther Nyankumeria and Linet Nyankumeria aged 50 and 45 years respectively were killed in their house by the irate villagers on allegations they had a hand in the  death of their nephew. Read more here.

Africa: Witchcraft Accusations Prompt Large-Scale Response by African Theologians

Approximately 50 international pastors and scholars—the majority from seven African nations—convened in Nairobi, Kenya, last month to address the growing problem. According to the Carl F. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), which sponsored the conference, “This historic gathering marks the first large-scale, international and interdenominational effort within the church and within the framework of Christian theology to address the growing presence of witch accusations and violence.” Read more here.

Fiji: Witch doctor faces trial for alleged rape

A 39-year-old man claiming to be a witch doctor is now on trial for allegedly raping a woman in 2010 at a relative’s house in Nasinu. Read more here.

India: Cabbie kills tantrik who demanded his son’s skull

A Meru cab driver assaulted a tantrik with an iron rod and then ran him over with his car five times, after the selfprofessed godman demanded he sacrifice his three-year-old son in exchange for life-long prosperity. Read more here.

South Africa: Ritual murder accused appear

Three people accused of the ritual killing of an Indian woman in Makhado, Limpopo, appeared in the Makhado Magistrate’s Court on Monday, police said. Read more here.

Miami: Trial date set for Haitian voodo case

A Miami judge has set a trial date for July for a Haitian-born voodoo priest accused of placing a curse on his compatriot then drugging and raping her. Read more here. 

Kenya: Juju, the security alarm for straying spouses

 Kisumu has gone juju! Call your husband to come and key in the security password to set you free!” shouted a woman from the crowd. Read more here.

Zambia: Riot In Katete District After Ritual Murder

Reports coming from Katete district indicate that after a suspected ritual murder of a grade 12 Katete Day Secondary School female pupil, residents have gone on rampage throwing stones and breaking shops belonging to a named Indian business man. It has been reported after the arrest of four suspected murderers (3 males and 1 female) that after some quizzing scanty information gathered lead to some Indian business man as the mastermind behind the killing. Read more here. 

Congo: The Lucrative Business Driving Congo’s Witchcraft Courts

LEMERA – One woman now lives with her daughter in a densely populated neighborhood of the city of Bukavu, in eastern Congo. Six months ago, she had been sentenced to permanent exile from her native village of Lemera, in the South Kivu province, after a tribal court tried and convicted her of using witchcraft to kill her neighbor’s three children. Read more here.

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