Witch camp

[3][4][5][6][7][8] Many women in such camps are widows; relatives are believed to accuse them of witchcraft in order to seize their late husbands' possessions.

[8] Many women in the witch camps also suffer from mental illness, a poorly understood phenomenon in Ghana.

[9][8] In one camp in Gambaga in the north, women are given protection by the local chieftain, and in return, pay him and work in his fields.

[10][11] In 2015, the Anti-Witchcraft Allegations Campaign Coalition-Ghana (AWACC-Ghana) reported that the number of outcasts residing in witch camps was growing, and that food supplies there are insufficient.

[19][8] In December 2014, Minister for Gender and Social Protection Nana Oye Lithur disbanded the Bonyasi camp located in Central Gonja District and re-integrated its residents into their communities.