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Kenya: 5 Witchcraft Suspects Arrested In Vihiga

The five were arrested Saturday morning in Chamakanga area in Vihiga County in possession of witchcraft related items. Read more here.

Florida: Woman jailed in ‘psychic scam,’ accused of bilking Sunnyvale woman

SUNNYVALE — A woman is in a South Florida jail cell awaiting prosecution in Santa Clara County for an alleged “psychic scam” on a vulnerable and superstitious Sunnyvale divorcee, bilking her out of more than $800,000 over the course of a decade for protection against voodoo curses and misfortune. Read more here.

Nepal: Witchcraft accused force-fed human feces

In yet another barbaric act of picking on village women accused of witchcraft, police have arrested two people in Ichok VDC-9 of Sindhupalchok district. Two others involved in the incident are at large. Read more here.

Zambia: Siavonga teachers threaten to abandon school over witchcraft practices

ZANIS, Siavonga 14 July, 2013, ZANIS — Teachers at Nashongo and Makaba primary schools in Siavonga district have threaten to abandon the two schools for fear of alleged witchcrafts. Read more here.

Africa: Akwa Ibom ‘child-witches’ still endangered

Mercy Frank,12 years old, bathed with raw acid by her mother after a church prophetess deckared a with Every Akwa Ibom child will be completely protected by this law we are signing today, and this is a commitment we would protect with all the might of the legal instruments at our disposal. We have come to make a law to protect everything we cherish and value….” Read more here.

Paris: Femen HQ hit by fire after ‘witches’ death threat

The Paris offices of militant feminist group Femen were hit by fire on Sunday. Although police are treating the blaze as an accident it comes after a recent death threat which said the activists should “burn” like “witches”. Read more here.

Kenya: Suspected witch found dead in Kilifi County

A 70 year old man was on Sunday found dead at his home in Chelala village in Kilifi County with deep cuts on his head. Read more here.

Kenya: Man remanded over charms

A suspected witchdoctor yesterday denied practising witchcraft in a Kwale court. Salim Mauchi was accused of threatening to use a charm on Ramadhan Gona at Tiwi in Kwale county on July 17. Prosecutor Peter Muiruri said police on patrol were informed of Mauchi’s actions. Read more here

Indonesia: Law to curb ‘blackmagic’ in Indonesia

A large percentage of the Indonesian population believes in black magic and there is a lot of money to be made as a “clairvoyant,” or practitioner of the dark arts. Read more here.

Rwanda: Police Should Intervene in the Rwamagana Witchcraft Allegations

THE pending banishment of a 60-year-old Thereza Bankundiye and her family over allegations of witchcraft is a barbaric act that should not be happening in this day and age. Residents of Kigabiro Sector, Rwamagana District have accused ageing Bankundiye of being a witch who has cast deadly spells that have caused deaths and sickness in the area. Read more here

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