In Ghana, the suffering of people accused of witchcraft detailed in an Amnesty report

In Ghana, accusations of witchcraft lead several hundred people to exile or even death: these are the conclusions of a new report by the NGO Amnesty International. Presented on 14 April 2025 in Accra, the document is based on almost two years of investigation into four camps for women accused of being "witches", which are informal places in the north and north-east of the country where some have lived for several decades. The conclusion of the r…

Hundreds of women victims of ritual attacks and accusations of witchcraft are being abused and are currently seeing their human rights unprotected in the African country of Ghana, according to an Amnesty International report, a reality that suffers mainly from older women and that makes them unable to access such basic things as food, drinking water, safe and decent housing or essential health services.