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

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Tanzania: Elderly Women in Tanzania Fear Spate of Murderous Witch Hunts
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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 ...
Reuters News - Elderly girls in Tanzania fear spate of murderous witch huntsNew York Recorder
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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

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.
Tanzanian mobile phone subscribers jump by 16 pct in 2014Reuters
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10 years ago

Thomson Reuters Foundation

16 Apr

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)...

 

10 years ago

USA TODAY

27 Feb

Witch hunts increase in Tanzania as albino deaths jump

USA TODAY
Witch hunts increase in Tanzania as albino deaths jump
USA TODAY
Older women are living in fear in this rural part of northwestern Tanzania as the lynching of suspected witches increases. Loading… Post to Facebook. Witch hunts increase in Tanzania as albino deaths jump Older women are living in fear in this rural part of ...
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Al Jazeera English

24 Mar

For some elderly Italians, loneliness brings more fear than virus

For some elderly Italians, loneliness brings more fear than virus  Al Jazeera English

 

11 years ago

I Know Today

11 Oct

Witch burning in Tanzania

I Know Today
Witch burning in Tanzania
I Know Today
Police in Tanzania arrested 23 people for the murder of seven villagers. The suspects thought that the seven victims were involved in witchcraft. Such activities, involving witch hunts appear to be quite frequent in Tanzania. The latest attacks took place on ...
7 witchcraft suspects burned to death in TanzaniaSabahi Online
Tanzanian village burns alive seven suspected witchesTelegraph.co.uk
Tanzania arrests 23 over killing of seven 'witches'BBC...

 

10 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 ...
Tanzania: Wildlife activists praise arrest of Chinese womanBristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
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9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

29 Dec

Tanzania: 1099 Elderly People Killed in Three Years

Tanzania: 1099 Elderly People Killed in Three Years
AllAfrica.com
Mwanza — One thousand and ninety nine elderly people were killed in the Lake Zone between 2012 and 2014, making that part of the country the most notorious for the crime driven by superstitious beliefs. This was revealed in Mwanza yesterday by the ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Tanzania arrests for 'witch' deaths

The Tanzanian authorities charge 23 villagers with murder after seven people accused of witchcraft were burned alive on Monday.

 

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