Nepal’s women’s commission has condemned an attack in the remote west of the country on an elderly woman accused of witchcraft. The 60-year-old woman was stripped naked and had her head shaved. She was fed excrement and badly beaten. To read more click here
Tension is high in a village in Tharaka Nithi County after locals found their photographs hidden in a house belonging to a suspected witch. Read more here.
The body of Mr. Miracle Onwura, who was a student of Learning Field International School, 3-3 was discovered with a deep hole in his heart by residents in the early hours of yesterday in a deep well at Abatete Drive by Ogbomanu.. Read more here.
A Saudi couple was told by an Islamic spiritual healer named Raqi that their maid was a witch and was causing trouble for the family and their newborn baby girl. Read more here.
Chief Government Spokesperson Kennedy Sakeni says the act is illegal, inhuman and intolerable and will not go unpunished. Read more here.
An 80-year-old man of Kasongo in Ndola and his wife believed to be in her 70s have been burnt to death by angry residents on suspicion that the couple was practising witchcraft. Read more here.
Two children of the same parents, identified as Omolayo Ojeifo(25) and her younger brother, Taiye (20) reportedly lured their mother identified as Mrs. Itowo Ojeifo to a farm road and killed her. Read more here.
Mr. Fredrick Ayeko said the government was forced to coordinate for the anti-witchcraft committees to sensitize the people to stop targeting elderly people for killing on claims which could not be justified. Read more here. Read more here.
The suspect was arrested by the police after he brought his girlfriend to Accra to be sold to some spiritualist for ritual purposes. Read more here.
Visitors to Jinja are often intrigued by stories of witchcraft. While some consider them remnants of a bygone era, others take them very seriously. According to Waiswa Hassan Muyiri, who says he is possessed by a spirit called Muyiri, more than 60% of Basoga regularly consult witch-doctors. Read more here.
