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Gambia under Yahya Jammeh: Witch hunts, PTSD and veiled faces

Fatou Terema Jeng was overcome with emotion when she first saw her photographs in the grounds of a museum called The Memory House. But it was not the usual despair and sadness she feels when she thinks about what she said was done to her family by the Yahya Jammeh …

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I’ll close down all witch camps in two weeks – Kennedy Agyapong promises

Flagbearer hopeful for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kennedy Agyapong says if he is made President of Ghana his first agenda is to collapse all witch camps in the country. According to him, there are no witches anywhere and such a mindset is borne out of poverty. To Kennedy Agyapong, there is the need to …

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VIDEO: Suspected witch stucks on high tension pole

Some folks of Depor pipeline a suburb in Benin city in the state of Edo, Nigeria were left with their mouths wide open after an alleged witch was spotted on a high tension pole. In the African setting, stories of witches and wizards are one of the common stories you …

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Kafaba ‘witch’ lynching: Alleged killer pregnant, wants court bail

One of two female suspects being tried for allegedly instigating the gruesome murder of Akua Denteh, a 90-year-old woman in Kafaba, Savannah Region, over claims of witchcraft, has applied to the Tamale High Court for bail. Sherina Mohammed, aka Hajia Filipina, aged 40, according to a Daily Guide report sighted …

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Man Cages Wife For Over Three Years After Accusing Her Of Being A Witch

A man whose name was identified as Ame Edjeket,41 years of age has been arrested for caging his wife with whom he has eight children for over three years on the basis that she is a witch and responsible for all his misfortune. According to reports, the woman Gladys was …

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Another alleged witch nearly killed at Sumpini In West Gonja

A 60-year-old woman Madam Meri Ibrahim from Sumpini in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region has sustained several degrees of injuries after a mob attacked her with cutlasses and other objects leading to deep cuts and lacerations on her face and upper limbs, with her middle left finger …

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No more witch camps – Gender Minister declares

Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has announced plans by the Akufo-Addo-led government to commence measures targeted at closing down all witch camps across the country, particularly those in the northern parts of the country. According to her, this has become necessary as a means to …

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Kafaba: Family of lynched old woman demands arrest of chief, others

Family of the 90-year-old woman lynched at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region is calling for the arrest of the perpetrators of the crime including the Chief of the community.       They say the circumstances leading to the gruesome killing of the old woman …

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90-year-old woman beaten to death for being a witch

An old woman believed to be in her late 90’s has been beaten to death after a soothsayer claimed she was a witch. Details remain sketchy at this point but the gruesome lynching and murder is said to have occurred at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah …

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Watch Video: University Student Caught ‘Bonking’ Lecturer’s Wife

The student who is said to be from the University of Nairobi was caught in the act by the lady’s husband. The person recording the dramatic video that has spread online like wildfire repeatedly refers to him as Boaz. In the video, the enraged husband is heard asking his wife why she …

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