Albinos' lonely call for recognition
Though defined as disabled, the state does not accord a albinos any rights and South Africans "are as deaf as the ground", activists say.
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Suffer the little children
Humanist Leo Igwe has taken on popular pastor Helen Ukpabio over the hunting of "child witches" in Nigeria.
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Tanzania witchcraft protest turns violent, four killed
Four people have been killed in Tanzania in clashes between police and thousands of demonstrators angry at a spate of alleged witchcraft killings.
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Nothing magical about witchcraft, says Indian state
Chanting to cure snakebites and claiming to be a reincarnated spouse to obtain sex could be banned by an Indian state to protect the vulnerable.
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Malawi's 'witches' challenge colonial-era sorcery law
When Kanthukako Supaunyolo's grandson woke up in the night with a nosebleed, his parents were enraged by what they saw as a bad omen.
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Malawi rights group pays fines to free elderly 'witches'
A Malawian rights group said it had paid fines to secure the release of three elderly women sent to prison for witchcraft.
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Nigerian children branded as witches in deadly purge
Jeremiah (10) stares blankly at a window, tears rolling down his scarred cheeks, recounting how his father doused him with petrol and set him ablaze.
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Cope: 'Sexwale a destitute ANC follower'
ANC member Tokyo Sexwale is a "destitute follower of the ANC" and a "defeated man", Cope women's forum in the Eastern Cape said on Tuesday.
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