Attacks on elderly Tanzania women spark plan against witch hunters

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women spark plan against witch hunters
Thomson Reuters Foundation
DAR ES SALAAM, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rising number of attacks on elderly women in Tanzania accused of witchcraft has prompted the launch of a campaign to protect older women in the impoverished east African nation. Human rights ...
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women sparks plan against witch huntersThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release)...

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TRFN

16 Apr

Attacks on elderly Tanzania women sparks plan against witch hunters

Leadership Newspapers
Attacks on elderly Tanzania women sparks plan against witch hunters - TRFN
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, April 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A rising number of attacks on elderly women in Tanzania accused of witchcraft has prompted the launch of a campaign to protect older women in the impoverished east African nation.
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10 years ago

Reuters

30 Mar

Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts

Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch hunts
Reuters
TABORA, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A blood-stained machete outside a mud-walled shack in a remote Tanzanian village is a reminder of how Pili Kidawa narrowly escaped death after coming under attack from a mob of angry villagers ...

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

30 Mar

Tanzania: Elderly Women in Tanzania Fear Spate of Murderous Witch Hunts

Free Malaysia Today
Tanzania: Elderly Women in Tanzania Fear Spate of Murderous Witch Hunts
AllAfrica.com
Tabora, Tanzania — A blood-stained machete outside a mud-walled shack in a remote Tanzanian village is a reminder of how Pili Kidawa narrowly escaped death after coming under attack from a mob of angry villagers accusing her of being a witch. Kidawa ...
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Elderly women in Tanzania fear spate of...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Jun

Magu, where elderly women are labelled witches

In Mwanza Region’s Magu district, you cannot avoid being called a witch if you are a woman. When your husband dies, you are the one who killed him. And if his wife dies, then it is his mistress that killed her.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

18 May

Minister slams killings of elderly women, seeks state initiative

IPPmedia
Minister slams killings of elderly women, seeks state initiative
IPPmedia
About Sh500 million is needed for the introduction of a nationwide initiative for ending killings of innocent elderly women, the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements, Prof. Anna Tibaijuka has declared. Officiating at the Tanzania Women Lawyers ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Feb

Attacks on women on the rise in the Isles, study says

>Rape, early pregnancy and early marriage have risen in Zanzibar at an alarming rate, a new survey has revealed.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Apr

Plan to assist women to own land for loans in the offing

>Tanzania Women Bank (TWB) plans to run a programme through which thousands of women in the country will be enabled to own land so that they can access bank loans.

 

9 years ago

Eurasia Review

24 Dec

Women, Peace And Security In ASEAN: Need For Distinct Action Plan – Analysis

Eurasia Review
Women, Peace And Security In ASEAN: Need For Distinct Action Plan – Analysis
Eurasia Review
ASEAN's move towards a post-2015 community presents an opportune moment to relook at issues surrounding women and their role in this envisioned integration. This is especially so in addressing women's roles, in a milieu of change and reformation, ...
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9 years ago

Quartz

09 Oct

Tanzania says its most infamous ivory smuggler is this elderly Chinese ...

U.S. News & World Report
Tanzania says its most infamous ivory smuggler is this elderly Chinese ...
Quartz
Tanzanian authorities claim they have arrested a kingpin of the illegal ivory trade—an elderly Chinese woman that has been living in Dar es Salaam since the 1970s, working as a translator, restaurant owner, and pepper farm owner. Tanzania's National ...
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The “Queen of Ivory” arrested in...

 

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