The horrors of Kenya's 'witch' burnings...

Villagers, many straight from their farms, and armed with machetes, sticks and axes, are shouting and crowding round in a big group in Kenya's fertile Kisii district.

I can't see clearly what is going on, but heavy smoke is rising from the ground and a horrible stench fills the air. 

More people are streaming up the hill, some of them with firewood and maize stalks. 

Suddenly an old woman breaks from the crowd, screaming for mercy. Three or four people go after her, beat her and drag her back, pushing her onto - what I can now see - is a raging fire. More...

See also:

1. The child "witches" of the Congo...
2. The child "witches" of Africa...
3. Up to 1,000 detained in Gambia witch hunt...
4. Kenya: 300 girls flee genital mutilation...
5. India: 3 young men beat mother to death in exorcism ritual...