An act of employing sorcery (the use of power gained from the assistance or control of spirits), especially with malevolent intent, and the exercise of supernatural powers and alleged intercourse with the devil or a familiar. (From Webster, 3d ed)

Beliefs and attitudes toward Buruli ulcer in Ghana. (1/13)

Buruli ulcer is a devastating emerging disease in tropical countries. Quantitative and qualitative data were obtained by interviewing patients with this disease and control subjects in Ghana. Common perceived causes were witchcraft and curses. Other reported causes were personal hygiene, environment, and close contact with a patient with this disease. Financial difficulties, fear of the mutilating aspects of treatment, and social stigma were the main reasons found for delay in obtaining treatment. Patients are reluctant to seek treatment outside their own community. Patients often expected medical treatment instead of surgery, and underestimated the duration of hospital admission. The stigma of the disease is huge, and is strongly associated with the mysterious nature of the condition, the lack of knowledge about its mode of transmission, and the lack of proper treatment. Stigma scores were higher in unaffected respondents and in a less endemic location. Education on the disease, usually propagated for early case detection, might be useful in reducing stigma.  (+info)

Epilepsy care in Zambia: a study of traditional healers. (2/13)

PURPOSE: Most people with epilepsy (PWE) reside in developing countries with limited access to medical care. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), traditional healers (THs) play a prominent role in caring for PWE, yet little is known about epilepsy care by THs. We conducted a multimethod, qualitative study to better understand the epilepsy care delivered by THs in Zambia. METHODS: We conducted focus-group discussions with THs, in-depth semistructured interviews with a well-recognized TH at his place of work, and multiple informal interviews with healthcare providers in rural Zambia. RESULTS: THs recognize the same symptoms that a neurologist elicits to characterize seizure onset (e.g., olfactory hallucinations, jacksonian march, automatisms). Although THs acknowledge a familial propensity for some seizures and endorse causes of symptomatic epilepsy, they believe witchcraft plays a central, provocative role in most seizures. Treatment is initiated after the first seizure and usually incorporates certain plant and animal products. Patients who do not experience further seizures are considered cured. Those who do not respond to therapy may be referred to other healers. Signs of concomitant systemic illness are the most common reason for referral to a hospital. As a consequence of this work, our local Epilepsy Care Team has developed a more collaborative relationship with THs in the region. CONCLUSIONS: THs obtain detailed event histories, are treatment focused, and may refer patients who have refractory seizures to therapy to other healers. Under some circumstances, they recognize a role for modern health care and refer patients to the hospital. Given their predominance as care providers for PWE, further understanding of their approach to care is important. Collaborative relationships between physicians and THs are needed if we hope to bridge the treatment gap in SSA.  (+info)

Interesting in- and outpatient attendances at Hogwarts Infirmary and St Mungo's Hospital for magical maladies. (3/13)

Ailments afflicting wizarding folk are underreported in the muggle world. The recent integration of muggles and magical folk with the return of You-Know-Who (aka He Who Must Not Be Named) may result in a similar affliction of inhabitants of both worlds. We describe interesting maladies afflicting muggles and wizarding folk alike, arising from the use and misuse of magic. We also provide a basic glossary of magical ailments, and describe their muggle corollaries. Further studies will hopefully result in the development of immunity against the unforgivable curses.  (+info)

Community-based study on knowledge, attitude and practice on the mode of transmission, prevention and treatment of the Buruli ulcer in Ga West District, Ghana. (4/13)

Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), a devastating tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, occurs in more than 80% of the administrative districts of Ghana. To elucidate community perceptions and understanding of the aetiology of BUD, attitudes towards Buruli patients and treatment-seeking behaviours, we conducted a survey with 504 heads of households and seven focus group discussions in Ga West District, Ghana. Although 67% of participants regarded BUD as a health problem, 53% did not know its cause. Sixteen per cent attributed the cause to drinking non-potable water, 8.1% mentioned poor personal hygiene or dirty surroundings, and 5.5% identified swimming or wading in ponds as a risk factor. About 5.2% thought that witchcraft and curses cause BUD, and 71.8% indicated that BU sufferers first seek treatment from herbalists and only refer to the hospital as a last resort. The main reasons were prospects of prolonged hospital stay, cost of transport, loss of earnings and opportunity associated with parents attending their children's hospitalization over extended period, delays in being attended by medical staff, and not knowing the cause of the disease or required treatment. The level of acceptance of BUD sufferers was high in adults but less so in children. The challenge facing health workers is to break the vicious cycle of poor medical outcomes leading to poor attitudes to hospital treatment in the community. Because herbalists are often the first people consulted by those who contract the disease, they need to be trained in early recognition of the pre-ulcerative stage of Buruli lesions.  (+info)

Confronting HIV/AIDS in a South African village: the impact of health-seeking behaviour. (5/13)

Much social science research on HIV/AIDS focuses on its impact within affected communities and how people try to cope with its consequences. Based on fieldwork in rural South Africa, this article shows ways in which the inhabitants of a village react to illness, in general, and the role their reactions play in facilitating the spread of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS. There is potentially a strong connection between the manner in which people respond to illness in general, and actual transmission of infection. By influencing the way villagers react to episodes of ill health, folk beliefs about illness and illness causation may create avenues for more people to become infected. This suggests that efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic cannot succeed without tackling the effects of folk beliefs. Therefore, in addressing the problem of HIV/AIDS, experts should focus on more than disseminating information about cause and transmission, and promoting abstinence, safe sex, and other technocratic fixes. Our findings suggest that people need information to facilitate not only decision-making about how to self-protect against infection, but also appropriate responses when infection has already occurred.  (+info)

Dissociative symptoms and reported trauma among patients with spirit possession and matched healthy controls in Uganda. (6/13)

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Kiyang-yang, a West-African postwar idiom of distress. (7/13)

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Witchcraft in Transkei Region of South African: case report. (8/13)

Witchcraft and witch-hunt have been practiced widely almost all over the world. It is known as magic in Europe, maleficium (wrong-doing) in Latin America, and superpower in Asia. In Africa those accused of being witches often face execution. A range of accusations are leveled against witches such as causing impotence, turning milk sour, causing disease and death.Three cases are presented here to highlight the issues related to witch craft in Transkei area. The information was given by the next of kin at the time of autopsy. All were elderly women over 50 years of age. The first was related to tuberculosis of the brother of the perpetrator the second, death of the culprit's relative and third the death of culprits brother in Johannesburg. The first and third victims were brutally chopped by axe and in the second it was a firearm injury. The case history, the type of wounds, and medico-legal aspects of death are discussed in these reports. There law related to witchcraft and their implementations to prevent such deaths are discussed.  (+info)

I am not aware of a widely accepted medical definition for "witchcraft" as it is generally considered to be a cultural or religious practice, not a medical condition. Witchcraft often refers to the practice of magical skills, spells, and the ability to communicate with spirits, which are beliefs that are deeply rooted in various cultures and religions around the world.

However, in some historical contexts, particularly during the early modern period in Europe, accusations of witchcraft were used as a pretext for persecuting and punishing individuals who were perceived as social or religious outsiders. These witch trials often resulted in severe physical and psychological harm, including executions, and can be considered a medical and human rights issue due to the trauma and violence inflicted upon those accused.

It's important to note that modern medicine recognizes the importance of cultural competence and sensitivity in providing care to patients from diverse backgrounds, including those who may practice witchcraft or other forms of traditional healing.

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  • 381-409 [verification needed] Today, followers of certain types of modern paganism self-identify as witches and use the term witchcraft for their beliefs and practices. (wikipedia.org)
  • Is there a connection between witchcraft, neo-paganism and the abortion industry? (forerunner.com)
  • Many indigenous belief systems that include the concept of witchcraft likewise define witches as malevolent, and seek healers and medicine people for protection against witchcraft. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions's 2009 Report there is "difficulty of defining 'witches' and 'witchcraft' across cultures-terms that, quite apart from their connotations in popular culture, may include an array of traditional or faith healing practices and are not easily defined. (wikipedia.org)
  • Published in 1954, Witchcraft Today recounts Gardner's thoughts on the history and practices of the theoretical witch-cult, and his claim to have met practising witches in 1930s England. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gerald Gardner in the foreword to Witchcraft Today: I have been told by witches in England: "Write and tell people we are not perverts. (wikipedia.org)
  • The negative connotations of witchcraft have led its followers to stop referring to themselves as witches and go by "Wiccans" instead, according to "Wicca A to Z" (Citadel Press, 1998). (livescience.com)
  • While witches are traditionally thought of as female, those accused of witchcraft in Iceland were traditionally male, but during a superstitious time in the country's past, they were executed just the same. (atlasobscura.com)
  • Witches, magick, sorcery and witchcraft have been part of humanity for far longer than any of the organized modern religions. (thegypsythread.org)
  • Over a year ago, *Selene's nine-year-old daughter *Emma began waking up every morning and saying that witches were taking her to the woods at night to teach her witchcraft. (afrik-news.com)
  • Later they released Witchcraft Magic that appeared on Order Odonata- Technical Use of Sound in Magick. (isratrance.com)
  • My Witchcraft lives, because of, and bleeds magick. (patheos.com)
  • Much of my spellwork also takes place inside a magick circle, whose conception is unique to Modern Witchcraft. (patheos.com)
  • Candles have been a part of magick and witchcraft since the dawn of time. (thegypsythread.org)
  • Witchcraft and the belief in magick has been a part of humankind for as long as humankind has existed. (thegypsythread.org)
  • The belief in witchcraft has been found in a great number of societies worldwide. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Europe belief in witchcraft traces back to classical antiquity. (wikipedia.org)
  • European belief in witchcraft gradually dwindled during and after the Age of Enlightenment. (wikipedia.org)
  • The concept of witchcraft and the belief in its existence have persisted throughout recorded history. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wicca has nothing in common with so-called satanic witchcraft, and Wiccans do not profess a belief in Satan, but rather in a female goddess that resides within all things natural. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • The government-commissioned study into cases among UK African communities said belief in witchcraft was widespread. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Belief in witchcraft and the occult remains widespread in some impoverished and tribal-dominated areas of India. (com.pk)
  • Belief in witchcraft is often present within societies and groups whose cultural framework includes a magical world view. (spreaker.com)
  • It provides a rereading of English witchcraft, one which moves away from an older historiography which underplays the role of the Devil in English witchcraft and instead highlights the crucial role that the Devil, often in the form of a familiar spirit, took in English witchcraft belief. (routledge.com)
  • This book's importance lies mainly in its compelling portrayal of witchcraft accusations as critical moments when rage and fear and envy boiled over, and its expert analysis of how emotion fused with suspicion and belief to give physical shape and substance to the witch. (routledge.com)
  • Top of the factors behind this terror is what he describes as "baseless belief in witchcraft and magic," which, he says, some people blame for their personal misfortunes. (globalissues.org)
  • It was in response to calls that the law is alien to the common belief in witchcraft among Malawians. (globalissues.org)
  • In a report, the Special Law Commission indeed found a common and strong belief in the existence of witchcraft. (globalissues.org)
  • There is witchcraft or, at least, a belief in witchcraft among Malawians," the report said, concluding, "It is not correct to argue that there is no witchcraft in Malawi for the sole reason that the practice is premised upon mere belief. (globalissues.org)
  • That is, Malawi's fight against abuse of the elderly on witchcraft-related accusations finds itself stuck on the rough edges between strong belief in witchcraft on the one hand and, on the other, that there would be no proof for its existence in a court of law if reviewed. (globalissues.org)
  • A witch (from Old English wicce f. / wicca m.) is a practitioner of witchcraft. (wikipedia.org)
  • Witchcraft Today is one of the foundational texts for the religion of Wicca, along with Gardner's second book on the subject, 1959's The Meaning of Witchcraft. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wicca Witchcraft is Evil! (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Like many things in culture straddling the boundary between the mainstream and the fringe, Hollywood and other sectors of the media, including book and magazine publishers, have co-opted the rich subject matter of Wicca and witchcraft into an explosion of books, films and magazine articles. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • A woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft and sorcery, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said, prompting Amnesty International to call for a halt in executions there. (cnn.com)
  • Amina bint Abdel Halim Nassar was executed Monday for having "committed the practice of witchcraft and sorcery," according to an Interior Ministry statement. (cnn.com)
  • In the deeply conservative kingdom, sorcery, witchcraft and blasphemy are all offenses that can be punishable by death. (cnn.com)
  • At Strandagaldur, the museum of Icelandic sorcery & witchcraft, these times of magic and fear are remembered in often shocking detail. (atlasobscura.com)
  • Strandagaldur stands as a graphic reminder that while witchcraft has been feared the world over, Iceland really turned sorcery into something terrifying. (atlasobscura.com)
  • The Italian Health Board and Holy Office tried to governmentally regulate the vast marketplace of cures, suspecting witchcraft, sorcery, and exorcism. (medscape.com)
  • Anthropologists have applied the English term "witchcraft" to similar beliefs in occult practices in many different cultures, and societies that have adopted the English language have often internalised the term. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic is packed with authoritative text and a huge and inspired selection of images, chosen from unusual and hidden sources. (waterstones.com)
  • Here at CVLT Nation, we're obsessed with everything occult - just take a look at our features on witchcraft, the Left Hand Path, Satanism. (cvltnation.com)
  • Drawing upon the long-standing traditional European Witchcraft and occult concepts and tenets, Grimassi constructs a cohesive mythos that supports and unifies the Sabbats and their associated deities. (bodhitree.com)
  • The US state of Massachusetts has overturned a witchcraft conviction from over 300 years ago after a school teacher and her pupils campaigned to clear the name of a mentally ill woman condemned during the notorious Salem Witch Trials. (rt.com)
  • Johnson Jr was among over 200 people suspected of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials between 1692 and 1693. (rt.com)
  • Usually, accusations of witchcraft were made by their neighbors and followed from social tensions. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2022, 15 elderly women were killed and 88 harassed for various reasons, largely on accusations of witchcraft-a rise from 13 killed and 58 harassed in 2021. (globalissues.org)
  • During our initial consultations with Selene, she found our explanations of Malawi's witchcraft law, which outlaws accusations of witchcraft, to be unhelpful. (afrik-news.com)
  • Witchcraft (or witchery) is the practice of magical skills, spells, and abilities. (spreaker.com)
  • Assuming that the law is amended to criminalise the practice of witchcraft, there would be the difficult issue of evidence, they argued. (globalissues.org)
  • Discover your unique way to practice witchcraft or shamanism by activating your relationship with the faery realms. (udemy.com)
  • Witchcraft, spells, magickal ingredients and objects used in the practice are included in this section. (thegypsythread.org)
  • Can I perform a magickal act without Witchcraft? (patheos.com)
  • Artificial intelligence: Is it wizardry, witchcraft, or a helping hand for an equine veterinarian? (bvsalud.org)
  • one depicting the author, another a magician's circle at the Museum of Magic and Witchcraft, a memorial to those killed in the witch hunts, two further images of rooms in the museum, a statue of a horned god, and a painting of a male witch. (wikipedia.org)
  • Witchcraft is many things to many people, but in its purest form it embodies an intimacy with the subtle vitality of Life and the methodology that allows the witch to manipulate reality and effect change. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Their research revealed that witchcraft accusations against children in countries including Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria have increased in recent years, sparked and sustained in part by unrelenting poverty and conflict, family structures weakened by HIV/AIDS, and burgeoning religious sects that encourage child witch-hunts. (afrik-news.com)
  • witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. (wikipedia.org)
  • Your shamanism training is here as we bring faery shamanism or faery witchcraft alive as you join the pioneer of teaching shamanism online here on Udemy Sharon Ramel. (udemy.com)
  • Whether you prefer Witchcraft or Shamanism as a title - both are path walkers between the realms - working with the hidden ones bringing their wisdom present today. (udemy.com)
  • So, can Ebola be caused by witchcraft or a curse, or any other cause? (cdc.gov)
  • One of the most definitive and influential works on witchcraft and concepts of magic was E. E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande, a study of Azande witchcraft beliefs published in 1937. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, some researchers argue that the general adoption of Evans-Pritchard's definitions have constrained discussion of witchcraft beliefs, and even broader discussion of magic and religion, in ways that his work does not support. (wikipedia.org)
  • She uses these pamphlets to emphasise the diabolic aspects of English witchcraft beliefs, and offers exciting new insights into such topics as sex with the devil, the role of the familiar, and the place of witchcraft accusations in the history of the emotions. (routledge.com)
  • Many Malawians hold similar beliefs about the possibility of bewitchment, and we had heard numerous disturbing tales involving children and witchcraft from other clients in the clinic. (afrik-news.com)
  • Current scholarly estimates of the number of people executed for witchcraft during this time period vary between about 40,000 and 100,000. (wikipedia.org)
  • I believe there was witchcraft in Africa during the colonial times, but the witchcraft people nowadays are only making lives more difficult for the Africans. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Some states including Jharkhand have introduced special laws to try to curb crimes against people accused of witchcraft. (com.pk)
  • In tribal communities across Namibia, older, eccentric people are often accused of witchcraft and violently attacked. (longreads.com)
  • They are on the run because bad people want to kill six-year-old Jeff, so that they can harvest his organs for witchcraft. (unhcr.org)
  • In this fascinating and incisive re-reading of cheap printed sources, Charlotte-Rose Millar restores two vital elements to a conception of witchcraft that early modern people understood implicitly, but which many historians either overlook or underplay. (routledge.com)
  • A young woman related to the two had died, and people in the village accused Mphande, 77, of killing the young woman through witchcraft. (globalissues.org)
  • Is witchcraft alive in Africa? (bbc.co.uk)
  • In Africa, witchcraft has played a role in rebellions, fighting wars, gaining independence and is often seen at election time. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Is witchcraft alive in Africa begs for the answer: Is the Pope a Catholic? (bbc.co.uk)
  • Witchcraft is alive the world over, from the sublime Harry Potter to the Juju Priest and witchdoctors of Africa and voodoo high priests of the Caribbean. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The report, Child Abuse Linked to Accusations of Possession and Witchcraft , examined cases of abuse which occurred since January 2000. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, witchcraft involves the use of supernatural powers. (globalissues.org)
  • In her introduction, she stated: Dr Gardner has shown in his book how much of the so-called "witchcraft" is descended from ancient rituals, and has nothing to do with spell-casting and other evil practices, but is the sincere expression of that feeling towards God which is expressed, perhaps more decorously though not more sincerely, by modern Christianity in church services. (wikipedia.org)
  • Millar has published numerous articles and book chapters on witchcraft, diabolism, emotions and sexual practices and has won two prizes for her published work. (routledge.com)
  • According to the Malawi Law Commission, the legislation was enacted with the aim of eradicating what the colonialists considered as dangerous some practices such as trial by ordeal, the use of charms and witchcraft itself. (globalissues.org)
  • That being the case, it is, therefore, an offence for anyone to allege that someone practices witchcraft. (globalissues.org)
  • It is also an offence for anyone to claim that he or she practices witchcraft. (globalissues.org)
  • 245 Historian Ronald Hutton stated that the most common usage of the word "witchcraft" means somebody who works destructive magic. (wikipedia.org)
  • Witchcraft also released Magic Frequencies EP on Matsuri (1994), being one of the first Israeli trance acts to release overseas. (isratrance.com)
  • Spell Bound: A New Witch's Guide to Crafting the Future (Smith Street Books), written by Chaweon Koo and illustrated by Kring Demetrio , contributes to the growing literature on modern magic and witchcraft. (hyperallergic.com)
  • Witchcraft, oracles, and magic among the Azande. (bvsalud.org)
  • All Witchcraft is of the Devil! (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • This book represents the first systematic study of the role of the Devil in English witchcraft pamphlets for the entire period of state-sanctioned witchcraft prosecutions (1563-1735). (routledge.com)
  • They reveal a range of emotional experiences that do not just stem from malefic witchcraft but also, and primarily, from a witch's links with the Devil. (routledge.com)
  • Charlotte-Rose Millar's Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England is an original, and important contribution to English witchcraft studies. (routledge.com)
  • 10 Structural functionalist historians and anthropologists see the concept of "witchcraft" as one of the ways humans have tried to explain strange misfortune. (wikipedia.org)
  • Attacks on the elderly are increasing in Malawi, often under the pretext that witchcraft is at play. (globalissues.org)
  • Malawi has in force the Witchcraft Act, which came into existence in 1911 under British colonial rule. (globalissues.org)
  • Consequently, the commission concludes that the existence of witchcraft should not be regarded as a doubtful but conclusive (thing)," said the Commission's chairperson, Judge Robert Chinangwa, at a presentation of its report in 2021. (globalissues.org)
  • Johnson was one of 10 others found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to death. (rt.com)
  • First, to suggest that English witchcraft pamphlets challenge our understanding of English witchcraft as a predominantly non-diabolical crime, and second, to highlight how witchcraft narratives emphasized emotions as the primary motivation for witchcraft acts and accusations. (routledge.com)
  • Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. (wikipedia.org)
  • Witchcraft unravels the myth from the mystery, the facts from the legends, in this bewitching introduction to witchcraft's lesser-known history. (ecampus.com)
  • While magical healers and midwives were sometimes accused of witchcraft themselves,: 7-13 : 519 : 31-59 they made up a minority of those accused. (wikipedia.org)
  • Genuine Witchcraft beyond the realms of the ordinary world and into the way of the magical witchy faery shaman. (udemy.com)
  • From witchcraft to world health / by S. Leff and Vera Leff. (who.int)
  • Be the first to review Women It's Witchcraft T-Shirt. (vivienofholloway.com)
  • In 2006, the government set up a Special Law Commission on Witchcraft Act to review the 1911 witchcraft law. (globalissues.org)
  • In the months before our arrival, the students researched the legal and social contours of witchcraft accusations in Malawi and other African countries, guided by our Malawian partners who work on witchcraft cases year-round. (afrik-news.com)
  • Three men were arrested on Thursday for allegedly beating a woman to death they accused of practising witchcraft, Eastern Cape police said. (iol.co.za)
  • They had suspected the woman of practising witchcraft, police said. (iol.co.za)
  • A 63-year-old Indian woman has been dismembered and beheaded by machete-wielding villagers who accused her of practising witchcraft, police said Tuesday. (com.pk)
  • During the mobile legal-aid clinic we proposed potential solutions tailored to each client's case, such as legal advice dissuading clients from making witchcraft accusations and police referral letters in serious cases of violence. (afrik-news.com)
  • It identified 74 cases of abuses linked to witchcraft allegations, many of which had common factors - such as a child being scapegoated, family structure and disability. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • Does witchcraft have a place in modern society? (bbc.co.uk)
  • The issue as to whether witchcraft has a place in the modern society or not is really debatable. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Or is continuing to transform the town into the epicenter of modern-day witchcraft actually the perfect way to right the wrongs of the past? (longreads.com)
  • Witchcraft is a broad term that varies culturally and societally, and thus can be difficult to define with precision. (spreaker.com)
  • Action to tackle child abuse linked to " witchcraft " accusations has been stepped up following a report into the issue, the government says. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • The report by Eleanor Stobart was commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills in the wake of high-profile court cases involving the abuse of African children following allegations of witchcraft. (religionnewsblog.com)
  • In Egypt, we heard tales of witchcraft from Egyptian clubs going to away games in African competitions. (bbc.co.uk)
  • They went to a homstead in Bizana on Tuesday and allegedly assaulted a 60-year-old woman they accused of witchcraft, said Captain Mlungisi Matidane. (iol.co.za)