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Tanzania ‘loses’ 500 witches annually

By Allan Olingo

So you think being a witch in Kisii is suicidal? Then you haven’t heard about Tanzania. Some 3000 people suspected of witchcraft, mainly old women, were lynched in Tanzania from 2005 to 2011, a leading local rights group the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) said.

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