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The witch doctor drained her blood and cut out her genitals, he said. He then cut the neck and drained the blood of the girl’s 10-year-old brother, Kanani. In June, a Ugandan court sentenced the ...
The witch doctor drained her blood and cut out her genitals, he said. He then cut the neck and drained the blood of the girl’s 10-year-old brother, Kanani. In June, a Ugandan court sentenced the ...
KATABI, Uganda (RNS) — Jackline Mukisa sobbed as she described how her 8-year-old son was found in a nearby swamp in February without teeth, lips, ears and genitals. “My innocent son died a ...
In the villages of Uganda a new breed of witch doctor is hunting and kidnapping children to cut off their ears, noses and genitals. Sometimes the medicine men remove whole arms and legs or drain ...
Witch doctors are sacrificing children in Uganda, looking to turn the tide with miracles in the drought-stricken country, a new report says. Officials in Uganda say the number of human sacrifices ...
Witch craft exists in secret in Uganda, the go-to of the rich and powerful who want a shortcut to wealth, good health and luck. People who are poor but deeply superstitious are also lured in by ...
Uganda: From Witch-Doctor's Altar to Freedom. 1 October 2013. ... Peter Ssewakiryanga, a director at Kyampisi Child care ministries (an organisation working to end child sacrifice in Uganda), ...
Uganda: Witch Doctor Fights Condom Use. 25 December 2003. The Monitor (Kampala) By Walakira Geofrey. Kampala — The head of traditional healers, Ssalongo Ben Ggulu, has urged his members not to ...
The director of a Ugandan children's aid organisation is in Australia to highlight the shocking problem of child sacrifice in his country. Peter M Sewakiryanga, the director of Kyampisi Childcare ...
A Canadian-funded program is teaching witch doctors and other traditional healers to act as a bridge between mentally ill patients and psychiatrists. Uganda’s witch doctors tackle mental illness ...