GWERU — A 47-year-old woman from Mkoba suburb, who could not come to terms with the death of her son and accused her husband’s younger brother of bewitching him, has been jailed for an effective eight months over the allegation. Read more here.
Police in Kayunga District are hunting for a group of residents in Tangoye Village over allegedly beheading their colleague, whom they accused of being a witch. Read more here.
A middle aged man identified as Temipreyo from Bomadi local government area of Delta State on Thursday hacked down his mother and only daughter to death over allegations of witchcraft. Read more here.
Eastern Cape – The sangoma believed to have performed rituals on protesting Lonmin mineworkers in Marikana, North West, has been gunned down, the Farlam Commission heard on Monday. Read more here.
The High Court in Taif has sentenced a man to death for performing witchcraft, it was reported on Sunday. The sentence was approved by a three-judge panel at a packed courtroom. Investigations showed that the man, in his 40s, was involved in more than 40 abortion cases and a number of witchcraft activities. Several confidential reports by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) have confirmed these activities.
A group of family members who were arrested in connection with the death of a seven-year- old girl in Luweero District awaits court action after the police on Friday preferred murder charges against them. Read more here.
An angry mob yesterday morning set several houses ablaze at a village in Nandi during a violent crackdown on families suspected to be practising witchcraft. Read more here.
A conservative legislator has sprung to the defense of a proposed article against witchcraft in a newly drafted revision to the Criminal Code, insisting it addresses a more serious problem than it appears to. Read more here.
Louisa Lombard recounts her visit to the village of Tiringoulou in the Central African Republic, where two villagers said their genitals had been stolen. Read more here.
