Witchcraft is generally understood to refer to a supernatural power possessed by an individual. In Ghana, particularly in the northern parts of the country, the subject continues to spark fierce ...

(UPDATED) President declines to sign legislation. Bill’s sponsor calls Nana Akufo-Addo’s rationale “unfathomable.” Update (December 6, 2023): Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo has refused to sign a bill ...

Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo delivers state of the nation address to parliament in Accra ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making ...

Witchcraft is generally understood to refer to a supernatural power possessed by an individual. In Ghana, particularly in the northern parts of the country, the subject continues to spark fierce ...

Executive Summary This paper exposes the distorted mental state and grave social danger posed by false spiritualists, secret ...

In late July, Ghana’s parliament voted to make it a crime to accuse a person of witchcraft. If the president signs the bill into law, it will also force the closure of camps where hundreds of accused ...

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 criminalise ...

"Witchcraft" and exorcism have long been dominant features of life in African cultures. This unique book provides a thorough, field research-based description and analysis of a specifically ...

ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. A compound in Gambaga Witches Camp in the North East region of Ghana. [Wikimedia Commons] Witchcraft is generally ...