Unreported World: Papua New Guinea: Bush Knives And Black Magic

Series 37, episode 0

This report, from 2009, investigates the growth of 'witch' murders in Papua New Guinea. More than fifty women accused of being witches were murdered in 2008 in two provinces alone, and the programme reveals how the problem spread from remote highland areas into the towns. Reporter Ramita Navai and director Katherine Churcher meet the victims, the so-called witch-hunters and the police struggling to keep order