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In a coastal region of eastern Kenya at least one elderly person is being killed every week – in the name of witchcraft. There are violent attacks on people accused of being witches across much of Africa. But, according to human rights groups, the seventy or so murders every year in Kilifi County are about more than fear of the supernatural. For Assignment, Njeri Mwangi from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Africa Eye investigates the real motives behind these brutal attacks and the impunity that enables them. She meets victims, relatives and perpetrators. Listeners might find some of the details in this programme upsetting.

Presenter: Njeri Mwangi
Producer: Louise Hidalgo
Editors for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Africa Eye: Rebecca Henschke and Nicola Milne
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Assignment series editor: Penny Murphy
Archive: ‘Witches’ Burnt in Kenya, NTD News

(Image: Sidi and her husband Tambala who was attacked twice. Credit: Nicola Milne/Ö÷²¥´óÐã)