When nine Huntingdonshire people were accused of witchcraft in 1646, during the English Civil Wars, their accusers knew who ...

Witches and witch trials remain a source of enduring curiosity. Julie Stone Peters, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English ...

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

A Leavenworth jury convicted a 56-year-old woman who claimed her neighbor was a witch responsible for casting a hex on her.

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has directed Tanzania to revise its witchcraft laws to clearly distinguish between traditional healers and witch doctors.

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 ...

The case has highlighted how accusations of witchcraft can lead to murder in some parts of rural Nigeria Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 ...