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AACHEN, Germany (CNS) Missio, one of Germany s Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by warning that the phenomenon is on the increase worldwide.
The German Catholic news agency KNA said that in at least 43 countries, women, but also men and children, are in mortal danger because they are being persecuted as alleged witches, according to the 2022 World Map of Witch Hunts published by missio Aachen.
Missio said it had added Sierra Leone and Zimb
Experts have found women, men and children in some 43 countries face mortal danger from persecution as alleged witches, with fear and lack of education contributing to the alarming trend.
The former treats their external symptoms, while the latter unearths the hidden causes.
Less surprisingly, many Africans don t see any inconsistency in this!
This explains the strange and inexplicable misfortunes attributed to the nighttime adventures of witches throughout Africa.
Between 1960-2000, more than 40,000 people were rounded up for practicing witchcraft in Tanzania.
They were later put to death.
Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have also reported many unfortunate witchcraft-related incidents in recent times.
In the ambiguous line between good and evil, some Africans believe witchcraft morally neutral intrinsically, it s neither good nor bad.
Conservative and modern African leaders sometimes surround themselves with powerful protective witch doctors and act as supernaturally empowered .