Tag: Sangumas
Paul Wolffram: Resisting sorcery violence in PNG from the ‘grasruts’
COMMENTARY: By Paul Wolffram
It was at the end of a long day of walking back and forth over the dusty roads of Goroka town...
Fears of covid-19 ‘time bomb’ of sorcery accusations, violence in PNG
SPECIAL REPORT: RNZ Pacific
WARNING: This article contains graphic content that some readers may find disturbing.
Unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder, as fears...
PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean woman accused of killing a two-year-old boy through sorcery was assaulted, tortured and killed after...
PNG doctors call for compulsory post-mortems to stem sorcery killings
By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby
Post-mortems should be compulsory in alleged sorcery-related deaths, says Papua New Guinea's National Doctors' Association (NDA).
Legislation must be...
