The issue of "child witches" is soaring in Nigeria and other parts of the world, Foxcroft said. The states of Akwa Ibom and Cross River have about 15,000 children branded as witches, and most of ...

After activists publicly identified Liberty Gospel as denouncing "child witches," armed police arrived at Itauma's home accompanied by a church lawyer. Three children were injured in the fracas.

Angola’s government has campaigned since 2000 to dispel notions about child witches, Silva said, but progress comes slowly. “We cannot change the belief that witches exist,” she said.

For most people in the developed world, the idea that a child could be a "witch" is beyond comprehension. However, in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the belief in child witches abounds.

After activists publicly identified Liberty Gospel as denouncing "child witches," armed police arrived at Itauma's home accompanied by a church lawyer. Three children were injured in the fracas.

Accused child witches Jane, left, and Mary, right, stand with other children accused of witchcraft at the Children's Rights and Rehabilitation Network in Eket, Nigeria, on Aug. 18, 2009.

Children damned as witches by community elders are hounded out in Nigeria. They are hacked to death, poisoned, drowned, or buried alive, all in an attempt to drive Satan out of their soul.

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'Child-witches' of Nigeria seek refuge. Mary is a pretty five-year-old girl with big brown eyes and a father who kicked her out onto the streets in one of the most dangerous parts of the world.

"I have never seen it happen, so how can I know it is true?" asked the 13-year-old Congolese girl, sitting on the hard concrete floor of a children's home, nervously hugging her arms. Nevertheless ...