THE relationship between witchcraft, political power and personal or societal development has long been debated across many cultures. While today’s younger generation may question whether ...

Hundreds of people suspected of witchcraft in Ghana, especially older women, face rampant human rights abuses including murder, Amnesty International said Monday, asking the government to ...

Belief in witchcraft persists globally, with a significant portion of the population convinced of its existence. While historical witch hunts targeted vulnerable individuals, modern witches ...

Two men are on trial in Zambia on charges of practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm the country's president, in a case that has become a source of fascination in the southern ...

Historian Mikki Brock joins WIRED to answer the internet's bubbling cauldron of questions about witches, witchcraft, and witch hunting through the ages. Can men be witches or only women?

The second, Borongan explains, is a result of witchcraft. "There are many forms, including haplit (hexing someone with a voodoo doll) and barang (the manipulation of insects to harm others and ...

Her students – three women in their late 20s and early 30s – gathered in her backyard for their weekly meeting to learn and practice witchcraft. “This is our religion…it makes us feel good ...

Attacks and killings not limited to Malawi As poverty rates continue to rise, so do the numbers of killings linked to accusations of witchcraft and magic. Records from Malawi's Ministry of Gender ...

Proving the internet may truly be cursed, a viral TikTok video from early 2023 claimed to show singer Taylor Swift literally practicing witchcraft onstage during her "Eras" concert tour that ...