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Pogba, potions and impotence: the secret world of witch doctors in France
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» PARIS - "There's a lot of jealousy in football," said Sheikh Issa, holding up a piece of bark and a bottle of a yellowish potion.
Women ‘acting like men’ face jail in Malaysian state
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/12/2022
» A recent move by a Malaysian state to punish Muslim women for out-of-wedlock pregnancies and donning men’s clothing has drawn the ire of human rights activists.
Abracadabra! German executives turn to magic to up their game
AFP, Published on 20/01/2019
» PULLACH IM ISARTAL (GERMANY) - Harold Voit takes out his wallet, extracts a wad of 50-euro bills and gazes at it calmly as the cash goes up in flames.
Modern witch-hunts terrorise New Guinea highlands
AFP, Published on 04/01/2019
» TSAK VALLEY (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) - A spate of brutal witch-hunts has plunged parts of Papua New Guinea's highlands into a state of terror, as fearful tribes blame dark forces for their rapidly changing world.
Papua New Guinea's 'gay village' offers sanctuary, hope
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» PORT MORESBY - As an openly gay man in Papua New Guinea, where sex between men is illegal and stigma and violence widespread, 24-year-old Kapera Patrick remembers thugs pelting him with abuse, stones and bottles.
'Winter is coming', Indonesian leader warns
AFP, Published on 12/10/2018
» NUSA DUA, Indonesia: President Joko Widodo Friday turned to blockbuster television show "Game of Thrones" to sound the alarm over global trade tensions at an economic conference, warning that "winter is coming".