Tuesday, May 24, 2011

D.R. Congo: DRC's "Child Witches" cast out of their own homes and forced to undergo dangerous rituals

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC have had their share of dangers: the country's civil war has killed millions of people, left a nation traumatized and families struggling in poverty. But in recent years DRC's children are facing a new threat -- being cast out of their own homes and forced to undergo dangerous rituals - all in the name of superstition.