Hundreds of people suspected of witchcraft in Ghana, especially older women, face rampant human rights abuses including ...

Others followed suit, because they suffered the effects of witchcraft, or because they had observed it, often decades in the past. By early spring it was established not only that witches flew ...

African leaders have been accused of trampling on the human rights of hundreds of marginalised people, mostly elderly women, ...

By Leo IgweIn the past couple of months, I have done some back and forth with some legal practitioners over the issue of witchcraft, especially the reality or irreality, legality, or illegality of ...

My brother, “Drew,” has been a single dad to his 14-year-old daughter, “Sam,” since the death of her mother when she was 7. As Sam’s aunt, I have done my best to offer her support and ...

Witchcraft has long been dismissed as superstition or spectacle — but a new interdisciplinary field reframes it as feminist resistance. In The Witch Studies Reader (Duke University Press, 2025), ...

The lyrics for “Silver Springs” are an incantation. They can manifest a haunting or a romantic reconnection. As Stevie Nicks ...

A visitor trail about witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries is being brought to life by augmented reality. The Tendring Witch Heritage Trail is set in Harwich, Manningtree, St Osyth and ...

Hundreds of people in northern Ghana, mostly older women, continue to live in fear and extreme hardship after being accused of witchcraft and forced from their communities, according to a new report ...

The last witch trial in Germany took place 250 years ago. Yet a global study shows that the belief in witchcraft is still alive and well in the 21st century. "I'm a modern witch, I admit it," says ...

The Ghanaian authorities have failed to protect and fulfil the human rights of hundreds of victims of witchcraft accusations and ritual attacks that forced them to flee their communities fearing for ...

The two suspects, Lakshman Kaivarto (23) and Chandan Kaivarto (20) were arrested on Tuesday by a special team led by Seraikela SDPO Samir Kumar Savaiya.