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

It's often "disadvantaged and marginalised people" who are targeted – "and mostly women ... accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks", according to guidance by the African Union.

A mob in Oke-Ijeun, a community in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday lynched an elderly woman. The woman, Ojo ...

Stakeholders in the Lagos State health sector have debunked claims that maternal and perinatal deaths were caused by witchcraft, urging pregnant women to register early for antenatal care at skilled ...

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

TANZANIA has been advised to revise the country’s witchcraft laws in order to draw a clear line between traditional healers and witch doctors. Lady Justice Stella Isibhakhomen Anukam from Nigeria ...

A traditional leader remains in custody without bail for assaulting elderly women, amid gender-based violence and witchcraft ...