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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.

Nigeria: Made-in-togo juju *How Nigerian fraudsters now aid their deals with local charms

Advance Fee Fraud, popularly known as “419” in Nigeria, is not news to an average countryman. However, what many are unaware of is the deeper dimensions it has taken in some parts of the country. Read more here. 

Papua New Guinea: Two women beheaded in Papua New Guinea over witchcraft claims

Two elderly women have been beheaded in front of a crowd of onlookers in Papua New Guinea in the latest of a spate of brutal attacks in the country against people accused of witchcraft. Read more here.

Haiti: Voodoo alive and well

Article on the annual Voodoo festival at Souvenance, a small village outside of Gonaives. Souvenance was formed by escaped and freed slaves from Dahomey (present day Benin) about two hundred years ago. During this week at Souvenance all of the Rada Iwa, or Voodoo spirits of Dahomey origin, are honored through different ceremonies, song and dance. Read more here.

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