Even today, killings based on superstition persist in several sub-Saharan African nations. To bring attention and advocate ...

An 81-year-old woman was brutally beaten by her neighbours in Uganda, who accused her of witchcraft and blamed her for a prolonged drought. Ayder Kanyomushana, a stooped octogenarian, became the ...

NYAKITABIRE, Uganda (AP) — A drought had dragged on for months. Fields of onions, potatoes and beans went dry. Hungry and desperate, the villagers sought someone to blame. Their target? A gray-haired, ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...

Two men are on trial in Zambia on charges of practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm the country's president, in a case that has become a source of fascination in the southern ...

The truth revealed about the strange traditions of witchcraft and black magic in Africa - the magic of witchcraft in Egypt ...

Reviewed by Charlotte Touati in Aethiopica: international journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean studies (Wiesbaden, Germany) 17, 2014, pages 296-298 (DT381.A47 AFA). Reviewed by David Kofi Amponsah in ...