Africa: All of Africa Today – September 16, 2025

Zambian Court Jails Two Men for Attempting to Kill President with Witchcraft

A Zambian court sentenced Leonard Phiri from Zambia and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde from Mozambique to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. The men were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after being arrested in December with charms in their possession, including a live chameleon. Magistrate Fine Mayambu ruled that they posed a threat not only to the president but to…