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The 'Witches' of Gambaga

In some African communities, when a relative dies, a child goes missing or someone becomes ill, it’s all blamed on an elderly woman. In Northern Ghana, hundreds of women accused of witchcraft by relatives or members of their community are living in ‘witch camps’ after fleeing or being banished from their homes. ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Eunice Gatonye visited one of the camps and brings us this story.

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4 minutes