Left we have here to feel what should be done with the stone north from africa. Shown soul starts september 7th on d w. This state of news africa on the program today deadly superstition in god. We will hear from the women who were attacked and almost killed after being accused of witchcraft also on the program the Victoria Falls is growing as if it is calling for things to model the next not just showing up but just splendid but sadly they feel fearful of 3 things in that to come and witness this the i dont know is that myself is it does it exist. Im here in victoria its. For reason. Im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have your company today well hear from women who have been banished from society in gaza hundreds of elderly women accused of witchcraft have been forced to flee their communities to seek safety such cases all common in the northern part of the country which has a distinctly different culture to the south. Travel to. And spoke to women who are living in a tent there. Is one of the women seeking refuge in this comp her neighbor accused of using witchcraft to destroy had Business Health and on able to prove his innocence. Was nearly lynched discussed from the. Constant reminder of that ordeal. I was abused years ago but i still want my abuses brought to justice to terror and they cause me so much pain and if theyre not punished very soon all elderly women in my village will face a similar fate and get banished. To struggles to survive on their own. But shes not alone. I arrived here just weeks ago. She was attacked with my charity after being accused of using witchcraft to close to death of someone you have village. When i was attacked with a machete i even thought i was dead i couldnt breathe my head aches and i feel pain all over my body now i really enjoy pain and i really wish i was dead but here i am still alive now. More than 100 edley women who live in this camp have similar stories of abuse and humiliation some have lived here for more than 3 decades in terrible conditions some sin lar late said group of volunteers from the go Home Projects and initiatives set up by the Presbyterian Church in ghana the team tries to support in these women with the our daily needs. In the camp. That. Make you. Believe in witchcraft exists in many societies but attacks on the man accused of witchcraft endemic in the north. Who claims he exercises evil spirits says the women is to blame. To. See. The recent lynching of a 90 year old woman accused of witchcraft has reignited calls for the practice to end groups such as International Want the rights of adli women better protected by the state. But for now this is home to remain ladies with no power to change their lives. And. He is the author of the reports. Hello isaac and donald wouldnt be the only place in africa with superstition can cost people their lives but just how big is the problem in. This has been taking place for 100 years the hope was that this been coming down. Of a taken a nosedive but that is not a keys and its not about the northern part of the country where this is really and you have about 6 comes how soon powers and women who every day continue to be our buz and have to flee their communities to see refuge in some of these comes. A situation is that there were not seeing in the trained on the needs increasing day by day and many of the women become invulnerable to these archives and we saw that in your report it was it was only women essentially elderly women at that why is that the case why is it that mostly women are accused of people. During my visits to the northern part of the country and talking to people who have been involved in rescuing some of these women the understanding is that its probably women do not have much voice especially in the northern part of the country not only the northern part as you see across the country in many communities where men do not have a voice in the northern part of the country is quite serious and so we went to defend themselves and many of them were. Even avoid our plots or run away from some of these people who perpetrate these crimes who become vulnerable no one hears them because they have no voice and that is why our peers the people who are prone to these are tox i think i mean this is just a very difficult problem to soul in that you cant change peoples ideology you can expect a government for example that but but is the god that could do a basic job. Seen women like we saw in your report because the help they were getting is from volunteers about me city the states yes that is the view that the government can protect these women better by prosecuting people who carry out these crimes and if they are not prosecuted they are not arrested and prosecuted or punish feel emboldened to continue to do what they are do when does one thing the government has to work on to ensure that women are better protected and i know that you will report it came across that the women actually feel safe in these camps because they are scared to go back to their Communities Just in general from the time that you spent with them of they ok with that idea that they potentially have to spend the rest of their lives away from from their families isolated i can almost say in these camps many of them i interacted with governor love to go back to the our homes and live with their families and live in communities where the where they were born and where they grew and live their lives by the cannot be guaranteed safety they dont believe they become bigger on t. V. Safety because this has been going on for many many years and so they prefer to live where they are currently because they believe that they are better protected and protected and also be provided for them even though not today live what i do wish they believe that yes the 5 day become only come if they believe that when you go back to your communities do not be ones they retained to go home. Talking to us from accra thank you. Our next report is from zimbabwe away on the usually care about 2000000. 00 tourists would visit the country to see the Worlds Largest waterfall the Victoria Falls the border closures that have come with covered 19 restrictions have meant there are no Foreign Tourists coming in to see the warring waters at as privileged reports businesses that rely on those visitors are now drowning. Victoria falls it full flow but the few are around to witness its glory their once bustling resort town nearby is a shadow of its usual self. A virus that has brought to business to extend to you at this door company helicopters authentic or in 15 minute intervals to fly tourists over there for. Now the aircraft are parked on the ground. Well the Tourism Industry has been worst affected is a fairly gutted or tells a closed or activities are closed the employees are not on the pedals and they dont see the suppliers of those to the industry also did unemployment has risen and. Healthy has deteriorated everything is actually been granted to halt for businesses like in curio dealers with 9000 feels like a death sentence or struggling to put food on the family table. If you had to sometimes native you through sleep you. Think oh for how im going to feed my family how our tomorrow its because we had to print it would cost more than 2000000. 00 visitors come to Victoria Falls and usually but numbers this year have dropped drastically that income generated by foreign visitors to the country normally some 1000000000 euros and rivals are estimated to go down by 85 percent. Victoria so growing is it is calling for change martin showing off yes but seriously if your people are coming in to witness these locos are now trickling in there are you all feeling of there but the local industry is feeling the pinch of quote be nice to you but it is now time to restructure the way forward to the future. Their hope now is that Domestic Tourism can help compensate the losses until International Travel resumes its going to be a very tough people are there. But what good has come out of it 19 is that every distillation has come back to 0 were all starting from 0 so this means that theres an opportunity for decisions about how to correctly. But economists say Domestic Tourism is a dead end given disposable income to operators need to redesign packages currently geared towards international. What the government could do in my view is to put a stimulus package in the tourism sector. Which could be tax related they should forget about this sector take money from it when its in the. In the graveyard ahead so to be buried so they need to risk it. The Tourism Industry here fish is a tough period but there is a hope that brighter days lie ahead Victoria Falls is ready to show off its splendor. Well that is it for now. But as always you can catch more of our stories on our website and Facebook Page now because you can go to zimbabwe right now to see that person needing a bit more video off the majestic Victoria Falls to see an extract of. 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