Ugandan authorities have shut down 23 radio stations for “promoting witchcraft’’ and trying to con people out of money.
The stations’ licencses were suspended after they had guests on air who claimed they could heal diseases like HIV, Pamela Ankunda, the Uganda Communications Commission spokesperson, told dpa on Wednesday.
She said that Uganda has 292 radio stations, mostly privately-owned.
It is not uncommon for various religious leaders, self-proclaimed prophets and traditional healers in Africa to claim being able to cure HIV and other incurable diseases.
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