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Uganda: Child Sacrifice Report: Ritual murders claim a child each week

NTV coverage of problem here 

Zimbabwe: Does juju make businesses thrive?

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Togo: Black Magic Fetish Market Has One Stop Shopping For Voodoo Supplies

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Nigeria: Child Witch Hunting And Our Justice System

Coverage from WHRIN advisory board member – Leo Igwe – on plight of victims of witchcraft accusations in Nigeria. Full story here 

DRC: Witchcraft claims against children in Congo DRC reflect curse of poverty

Sorcery charges are increasingly being used by poverty-stricken Congolese families as an excuse to abandon their children. Full story here

Uganda: Child body parts sold at sh0.5m, says report

He was a boda boda rider, and not earning much. Because he wanted to make more money, he resorted to kidnapping people, including children. Full story here

Uganda: 20,000 sign petition for tougher laws on child sacrifice

Over 20,000 people have signed a petition that seeks to compel Parliament to enact tougher laws, provided for life imprisonment against culprits of child sacrifice. More here

Cameroon: City panicked by wave of suspected ritual killings

Michele Mbala Mvogo, a 17-year-old high school student, left home to go to school one morning, and she never came back.  On Friday, police found Michele’s corpse with four other bodies dumped outside a kindergarten school. Fighting back tears, Deborah Ngoh Tonye described what was left of her sister’s gruesome corpse. Someone had removed Michele’s genitals, tongue, eyes, hair, and breasts. Full story here.

Nigeria: Revealed: Money Making Rituals And Superstition In Nigeria

Early this month, the police in Kogi State arrested a 46 year old man who murdered his 4-month old son for ritual purposes. Full story here 

Zimbabwe: Bomb or Juju in Zengeza explosion?

The cause of the mysterious explosion that rocked a Chitungwiza home yesterday and claimed five lives is yet to be established, with several theories being put forward to explain the phenomenon. More here 

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