"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The 15 th through 17 th centuries saw a wave of “witch hunts” break out across the Western world: the ...

Maidstone Borough Council says women killed after accusations they were witches "remain victims of a huge injustice rooted in misogyny" [Getty Images] A council has called for a general pardon of ...

Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant country, the law condemned anyone who appeared to ...

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A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde ...

Two men are on trial in Zambia on charges of practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm the country's president, in a case that has become a source of fascination in the southern ...

Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file) ...