Belief in sorcery remains entrenched in PNG culture

15:03 pm on 11 April 2017

A Papua New Guinea NGO says poverty is a prominent factor in ongoing sorcery-related attacks and killings.

Women Arise PNG, a movement working to counter violence against females, says there's been a growth of such incidents particularly in the Highlands.

Under-resourced policing and a lack of witnesses remain obstacles to sorcery-related attacks reaching PNG's courts.

Furthermore, the NGO's Esther Igo told Johnny Blades lack of evidence to prove sorcery activity is complicating efforts to legislate around the problem.

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Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades