Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of ...

Dementia is an "escalating challenge" in Africa, according to a study published ... Accusing someone of witchcraft is illegal in the country, punishable by up to two years in prison, but the ...

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has directed Tanzania to revise its witchcraft laws to clearly distinguish between traditional healers and witch doctors.

TANZANIA has been advised to revise the country’s witchcraft laws in order to draw a clear line between traditional healers and witch doctors. Lady Justice Stella Isibhakhomen Anukam from Nigeria ...

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A treatise by Nelson Tebbe entitled, Witchcraft and Statecraft: Liberal Democracy in Africa identifies demands for greater legal accommodation of African traditions in South Africa as direct ...

A former Pedi witch came clean to Mzansi about how she was able to cast spells and manipulate people by using muti. Her show and tell gagged many on TikTok.

A group, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AFAW), has petitioned Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State over the lynching of an ...

It tells the story of an eight-year-old Zambian girl accused of being a witch. It will be a highlight of the fifth Wales Africa Film Festival, with screenings in Bangor and Cardiff. Ghana's camps ...

From summer to autumn in sub-Saharan Africa, green fields of rice ... These eye-catching flowers are known as ‘witch weeds,’ as they survive and spread by parasitizing the roots of other ...