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 ...

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

I returned from Yola, Adamawa State, where I attended a roundtable discussion on witchcraft hunts in the 21st century .

Babies born with the inherited condition albinism, resulting in reduced melanin pigment in their hair, skin and eyes, are vulnerable in multiple ways in Africa: as children, as visually impaired, as ...

The belief is night running runs in the family or you can become a night runner by use of witchcraft placed on a person. The nighttime practice of running around communities and causing havoc, naked ...

“Persons with albinism are victims of ritual attacks. It is believed that their body parts can bring, inter alia, wealth and good luck when used in potions made by practitioners of witchcraft.

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 ...

Greetings and salutations from the Advocacy for Alleged Witches and from all advocates against witch hunts in Nigeria and ...

Massachusetts first began issuing pardons to Salem “ witches ” in 1703 and continued to do so until July 2022, when the latest person accused of witchcraft was pardoned. Connecticut has also issued ...

I had become a little curious after seeing a certain post on social media. It was that of a certificate purportedly awarded to one Edward Mwanza, for successfully completing a programme of study for ...