By Julia Scammahorn
KCTV5 News
05 February, 2025

56-year-old woman claimed her neighbor was a witch responsible for casting a hex on her, convicted for Criminal Threat.

By News Wire
The Nation
05 February, 2025

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

By Lubabalo Ngcukana
City Press
03 February, 2025

A 29-year-old man appeared in the Elliotdale (Xhora) Magistrates' Court facing two charges of assault and another of imputing witchcraft, related to his claims one of the women had bewitched his late father.

By Tabrez Alam
Forward Press
29 January, 2025

A pressing need exists for a comprehensive national law criminalising witch-hunting, with strict penalties for perpetrators. Providing communities with proper healthcare services could significantly reduce influence of ojhas and reduce the instances of witch-branding in Jharkhand.

By Sheronrose Mgombe
Chronicle
24 January, 2025

A man from Binga, Zimbabwe assaults father, accusing him of witchcraft. Appears in Hwange Magistrate’s Court facing charge of attempted murder.

By Valentia Tetteh
Gbcghanaonline
23 January, 2025

The Northern Region Minister-Designate, Ali Adolf G. John, has vowed to tackle the ongoing issue of abuse and isolation faced by individuals accused of witchcraft in some communities.

By Express News Service
The New Indian Express
22 January, 2025

Despite police case and witch-hunting law invoked, no arrests made as family is denied basic rights and access in Dorakantia village.

By Manny Moreno
The Wild Hunt
14 January, 2025

A Maryland legislator aims to clear the names of those accused, tried, or convicted of witchcraft before the American Revolution.

By Vitasta Kaul & Vedaant Lakhera
Frontline
13 December, 2024

Over 75,000 women—mostly from backward castes—face violence and ostracism as ‘daayans’ across villages. The authorities look away…

By Express News Service
The New Indian Express
11 December, 2024

After villager accusations of practising sorcery, the five accused beat Shiva to death.

By Omar Rashid
The Wire
11 December, 2024

Most women facing witchcraft-related violence in India are married and living in joint families, according to a recent Bihar survey.

By Leo Igwe
Modern Ghana
10 December, 2024

The Advocacy of Alleged Witches is outraged over the brutal killing of at almost 200 people accused of witchcraft in Haiti.

By Harold Isaac
Reuters
10 December, 2024

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By Justin Klawans
The Week
26 November, 2024

Despite the passage of 331 years, religious witch hunts continue worldwide, often under-reported. While women remain primary victims, men and children are also frequently accused of witchcraft.

By Prakiti
Feminism in India
21 November, 2024

Witch-hunting tradition, commonly known as Dayan Pratha, in many parts of Rajasthan, is a primitive and heinous practice that labels women as witches.

By Lemach Lavari
ABC News
19 November, 2024, updated 28 Nov 2024

Detailing the challenges facing the brave journalists reporting on sorcery accusation-related violence.

By Jonathan Griffin & Olaronke Alo
BBC News
26 October, 2024

Activist Leo Igwe at the forefront of efforts to help people accused of witchcraft in Nigeria.

By Life & Style
This Day
17 August, 2024

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches warns against the witch-hunting event "That Witch Must Die" in Mbieri, Imo State. Advocates advocate that it is vital to distinguish between religious freedom and promoting harm.

By Njeri Mwangi in Kilifi county & Tamasin Ford in London
BBC News
08 July, 2024

An investigation into a shocking spate of elderly people accused of witchcraft then murdered along Kenya’s Kilifi coast.

By Summer Lin
Los Angeles Times
23 May, 2024

By Emmanuel Sarpong Owusu
Modern Ghana
16 May, 2024

Witchcraft beliefs are deeply ingrained in many African communities, often leading to violence against vulnerable populations, particularly the elderly. Interestingly, occasional cases arise where those accused of witchcraft take legal action against their accusers for defamation.

By Leo Igwe
ZAM
13 May, 2024

Many Nigerians still believe in witchcraft. Evangelists’ campaigns to ‘free from witchcraft attacks’ only strengthen the primitive belief.

By Austin Cooper
MENA, The New Arab
4 April, 2024

By Sarah Kanowski, Dan Smith and Meggie Morris for Conversations from the Pacific
7 July, 2023

Vicious attacks on women often accompany economic upheavals

By Silvia Federici, Alice Markham-Cantor
Scientific American May 2023 Issue
1 May, 2023

Image: A family member holds a portrait of Iquo Edet Eyo, who was killed in Nigeria in October 2022. Credit: Kholood Eid

Simone Fox Koob, Amelia Adams and Laura Sparkes
22 April, 2023

Simiona Tuteru, a member of The Potter’s House Christian Fellowship, was the supervisor of the truck driver who killed four police officers on the Eastern Freeway in April, 2020.

Press Release
Pan-African Parliament
15 March, 2023

By Solène Tadié
National Catholic Register
3 January, 2023

By Sophie Edwards

Two elderly women residing at the Kukuo Witch Camp located in the south district of northern Ghana. Photo by: Pacific Press Media Production Corp. / Alamy via Reuters Connect