Witchcraft

Spain's Catalonia to honour victims of witch trials

The lives and tragic deaths of hundreds of women, deemed "witches", will now be reviewed to raise public awareness about their fate.

Mob charged with brutal murder of five "witches" in Tanzania

At least 32 people beat to death five women accused of sorcery before burning their corpses in Tabora on July 25, officials say. Hundreds of people accused of witchcraft are murdered in the east African country each year.

UN expert to investigate attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania

In some traditional communities of Tanzania and other countries in Africa, albinos are thought to have magical properties, and their body parts can fetch thousands of dollars on the black market as ingredients in witch doctors' potions.