Africa

The Republic of the Congo in Africa, land where babies get raped by grown men because shamans tell them it is the only way to 'cure' themselves of HIV, is now practicing 'witch hunts' against young adolescent girls. Women's eNews reports that one girl, Chance Chubaka, was accused of being a witch after her father and grandfather died.

"Her uncle agreed. He tied her hands together with plastic bags and burned them, a common technique in the Democratic Republic of Congo to illicit confessions from children tagged as witches. The scars on Chance's hands remain. Her uncle also burned her legs, she says, and finally kicked her out of the house..."