2023.05.31

Witch Hunts

Vicious attacks on women often accompany economic upheavals

A family member holds a portrait of Iquo Edet Eyo, who was killed in Nigeria in October 2022. (Photograph by Kholood Eid)

A family member holds a portrait of Iquo Edet Eyo, who was killed in Nigeria in October 2022. (Photograph by Kholood Eid)

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