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Congo's child witches

A report from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the fate of 'child witches'. There are thought to be 20,000 street children in the capital Kinshasa, most of them thrown out of their homes by parents who believed them to be child witches. Angus Crawford reports on what's behind the phenomenon.

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成人快手 World Service Archive

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