10% of the 1300 human rights violations in the Central African Republic, recorded by the UN between 2015 and 2016 were witch hunt related. Street children in Kinshasa in Congo are often held in churches and beaten up after being branded witches. In Gambia, claims by the former President, Yair Jameha that he'd been bewitched led to the detention and torture of over a thousand people.
Israel’s new government is its most right-wing ever—but, in a break from the past, that may not derail deepening relations with neighbouring Arab countries. Thousands of Africans are killed each year after being accused of witchcraft—in many cases for more nefarious reasons than mere superstition. And the “cicerones” helping Americans navigate a vast and growing craft-beer scene.
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