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Zambian court jails two for witchcraft plot against President Hichilema

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema. [File: AFP]

A Zambian court on Monday sentenced two men to two years in prison with hard labour on charges of attempting to use witchcraft to kill the country's president.

Mozambican national Jasten Mabulesse Candunde and Zambian village chief Leonard Phiri were arrested in December in possession of charms, including a live chameleon.

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