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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ghana has long been a signatory to numerous international protocols and treaties that uphold human rights of citizens. Yet, within its own borders, one issue that has consistently evaded legal ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Ghana progressed to the knockout phase of the 2006 World Cup, thanks in part to a 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic in Group E. Those three points might not have been secured for the Black Stars, ...

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 ...

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 ...