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Four arrested over killing of 70-year-old in Sangbana over witchcraft accusations
Four individuals have been arrested by the North East Regional Police Command in connection with the alleged murder of a 70-year-old woman accused of...
Rev. Ntim Fordjour condemns false witchcraft claims against aged women
The Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on Ghanaians to protect elderly women from false witchcraft accusations, particularly...
Sosu and 9 other MPs renew push for Anti-Witchcraft Bill in Parliament
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has reintroduced the Anti-Witchcraft Accusation Bill in Parliament, seeking to criminalize witchcraft...
I don’t know if critics are suffering from witchcraft or what – BOST MD...
The Managing Director of Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation (BEST) Company, Edwin Alfred Provencal, has stressed the importance of the BOST margin for maintaining...
Akufo-Addo’s excuse not to sign Witchcraft Bill baseless – Legal Practitioner
Private Legal Practitioner, Justice Abdulai, has said President Akufo-Addo lacks the moral grounds to refuse to sign the Witchcraft Bill into law on the...
Resolve legal issues and sign the Anti-Witchcraft Bill – CHRAJ urges Akufo-Addo
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is urging President Akufo-Addo to take necessary steps to resolve any legal issues he has...
Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land
BBC Africa Eye investigates a shocking spate of elderly people accused of witchcraft then murdered along Kenya’s Kilifi coast, and discovers the true motives...
Woman stabs 76-year-old mother to death over witchcraft accusationÂ
A 55-year-old woman, Joyce Boateng, has allegedly stabbed her 76-year-old mother, Afia Sarpomaah, to death in Abuakwa Asonomaso, Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region.
This...
Akufo-Addo urged to do the needful and assent to anti-witchcraft bill
Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Joseph Akanjolenur Whittal, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to do...
Madina MP Sosu, urges ECOWAS to press Akufo-Addo for anti-witchcraft bill assent
Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu has taken proactive steps by petitioning several prominent organizations, including the Economic Community of West African States...
Seychelles drops witchcraft case against opposition leader
Seychelles' main opposition leader Patrick Herminie is no longer facing witchcraft charges after prosecutors dropped the case against him.
He had always denied the...
Parliament considers suing Akufo-Addo over non-signing of Witchcraft, Armed Forces bills
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has revealed the House's intention to seek legal clarification regarding President Akufo-Addo's refusal to sign certain Witchcraft and...
Determination of unconstitutionality of Witchcraft, Armed Forces bills sole purview of Supreme Court –...
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin insists that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cannot determine the constitutionality of the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2023,...
Let’s impeach Akufo-Addo for not assenting to ‘Witchcraft Bill’ – Mahama Ayariga
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has accused President Akufo-Addo of violating the 1992 Constitution by refusing to assent to the...
Lawyer takes on Akufo-Addo over Witchcraft, Armed Forces Bills
Private legal practitioner Kweku Paintsil says he is disappointment in President Akufo-Addo over his refusal to assent to the anti-witchcraft and Armed Forces Bills....
Why Bagbin disagrees with Akufo-Addo’s position on Witchcraft, Armed Forces Bills
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, strongly opposes President Akufo-Addo's decision not to assent to the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill and Ghana Armed Forces...
Parliament must sue Akufo-Addo over Witchcraft Bill – Sam George
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has suggested that the House drags President Akufo-Addo to court for refusing to sign the...
Francis Sosu’s next line on Witchcraft Bill
The lead sponsor of the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2023, Francis Xavier Sosu, has hinted he may go to court to get President Akufo-Addo...
Akufo-Addo on why he cannot sign Witchcraft, other Bills due to constitutional issues
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has explained to Parliament that, even though the contents of the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2022, (Witchcraft bill) and...
Tension in Sagban over death of woman accused of witchcraft
There are reports of tension in the Sagban community in the Yonyoo District of the North East region over the death of a woman...
Bagbin to visit Akufo-Addo over witchcraft Bill
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has announced plans to visit President Akufo-Addo over the delay in assenting to the Criminal Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2023.
The...
Presidency reacts to claims of delaying assent to Witchcraft Bill
The Office of the President has refuted claims that President Akufo-Addo has declined to assent to the Criminal Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2023.
This follows...
Akufo-Addo’s refusal to assent to Witchcraft Bill breach of Constitution – Minority
The Minority in Parliament is accusing President Akufo-Addo of breaching the constitution by his failure to assent to the amendment to the Criminal and...
Gender Minister cautions soothsayers against witchcraft accusations
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has said soothsayers in the communities have contributed significantly to accusing people...
Seychelles opposition politician charged in witchcraft case
A court in Seychelles has charged the leader of the main opposition party and seven other individuals on allegations of witchcraft.
Patrick Herminie plans to...
Police on manhunt for siblings said to have killed 60-year-old woman over witchcraft accusation
The Police have launched a manhunt for two siblings who allegedly killed a 60-year-old woman over witchcraft accusation at Janga in the West Mamprusi...
Woman, 85, accused of witchcraft battling for life
An 85-year-old woman, Maame Abena Kyere is currently fighting for her life at the Ajumako District Hospital in the Central region after she was...
60-year-old woman shot dead over witchcraft accusation
A 60-year-old woman, Musah Azaratu Poanaa, has been shot dead by two young men in Janga, in the West Mamprusi Municipality for allegedly trying to bewitch a...
CHRAJ Commissioner calls on Akufo-Addo to sign Witchcraft Bill into law
The Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, is entreating President Akufo-Addo to quickly assent to the Witchcraft...
Woman accused of witchcraft beaten to death in North East Region
A 60-year-old woman, Konjit Duut, has been beaten to death after she was accused of being a witch at Bunbuna in the Yunyoo/Nasuani district...
Pastors; beware of the Anti-witchcraft Law
I heard the news a while ago that the Parliament of Ghana has passed a law which prohibits a person from accusing another person...
Five arrested over lynching of 2 persons accused of witchcraft
Police in the Northern Region have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of two persons accused of witchcraft at Zakpalsi in the Mion...
Gomoa Mampong: Family denies witchcraft allegations; says accused woman is mentally ill and missing
The family of the woman accused of transforming from a bird into a human being at Gomoa Mampong in the Central Region, has strongly...
Prophetess arrested over Gomoa Mampong witchcraft accusation [Video]
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The Gomoa Dominse District Police command has arrested prophetess Mary Esther over witchcraft accusations at Gomoa Mampong in the Central Region.
Prophetess Mary was...
Accusing others of witchcraft can lead to jail term or fines – Lawyer
Lawyer John Agbotey, a Private Legal practitioner, has highlighted the potential legal consequences for individuals who accuse others of witchcraft and subject them to...
Two women jailed for lynching 90-year-old Akua Denteh over witchcraft allegations
The Tamale High Court has convicted Hajia Mohammed Serena and Latifa Bomaye to 12 years imprisonment over the murder of 90-year-old Akua Denteh at...
Ya-Na condemns lynching of two persons over witchcraft accusations
Ya-Na Abukari II, Overlord of Dagbon, has condemned the recent lynching of two persons over accusation of witchcraft, at Zakpalsi, in the Mion District...
Police on manhunt for suspects who lynched 2 over witchcraft accusations
Police are on a manhunt for some suspects allegedly involved in the lynching of two people accused of practising witchcraft at Zakpalsi in the...
Two lynched over witchcraft accusations in Northern Region [Audio]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Two Lynched Over Witchcraft Accusations In Northern Region
Two persons have been lynched at Zakpalsi, a farming community in the Mion District of...
Anti-witchcraft Bill to undergo pre-stakeholders engagement
A pre-stakeholder engagement on an Anti-Witchcraft Bill has begun in Accra as part of efforts to build support for the passage of the bill...