Zambia’s witchcraft conviction raises debate on colonial-era laws

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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.

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The jailing of two Zambian men on charges of planning to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema has sparked heated debate over the use of colonial-era laws in a modern democracy.

Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde and Leonard Phiri, a local village chief, were jailed for two years with hard labour after they were convicted for “professing” witchcraft.