Witchfinders are social/health care providers. Before the introduction of orthodox medicine, the line demarcating magic and medicine was blurred. Knowledge of medicine was quite rudimentary. Herbal...
Malawi has become a witch killing field where suspected witches are frequently abducted, attacked, stoned to death or lynched by local mobs. Malawian authorities-including the police...
There were fifteen victims and the name and identity of the fifteenth person has not been confirmed. An eyewitness told AFAW that on that fateful day...
Nigerian authorities should not allow this matter to die as it's usually the case when persons who are connected to those in power are implicated in...
Berna detain alleged witches from various constituencies who are unable to pay her fine. And the police do not intervene to rescue victims. In Malawi, those...
The past 10 months have been momentous for Malawi. After a series of protests against what many have perceived as a flawed presidential election, on February...
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) condemns the destruction of houses and property of alleged witches in remote areas in Malawi. News from the country side...