Zambia: two men sentenced for attempting to kill president with witchcraft

A court in Lusaka has sentenced two men to two years in prison with hard labour for attempting to kill the country’s president Hakainde Hichilema with witchcraft.

It’s a first in Zambia: two men were convicted on Monday of attempting to use witchcraft to kill president Hichilema, with a court sentencing them to two years in prison, the first time that anyone has been put on trial for a witchcraft assassination attempt against the…