Belief in Witchcraft Costing Lives of Elderly Women in Malawi — Global Issues

[ad_1] Attacks on the elderly are increasing in Malawi, often under the pretext that witchcraft is at play. Survivor Christian Mphande lived to tell her story, but there is a worrying increase in elder abuse. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Charles Mpaka (blantyre) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Mar 17 (IPS) – In December last year, a video clip went viral of two elderly women surrounded by a charged-up crowd and engulfed in a…

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The Fight to Save Children’s Lives at a Kyiv Hospital

[ad_1] Sixteen children have died in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, and 45 have been injured, according to official figures shared with TIME. Many of the wounded are being brought to Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in the capital Kyiv. Ukraine’s largest pediatric facility has already evacuated patients with non-life-threatening conditions, but there are several children who cannot be removed from life support. Their numbers are growing as fighting around the…

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