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in this series we're revisiting some of the best documentaries on al-jazeera english since we launched more than a decade ago back in 2013 the people in power series traveled to west africa to expose the shocking story of how young gone and children were being murdered

because of the mistaken belief they were possessed by evil spirits no one knows the exact numbers of these ritual deaths across gonna b'nei became a fast so and parts of nigeria but some believe it could be in the thousands the killing of these so-called spirits children is the consequence of ancient customs shaped by ignorance and poverty in this compelling program award winning gone then investigative reporter and nasser m a o n a s used hidden cameras to bring some of those behind these killings to justice from 2013 his spirit child some west african communities have branded children born deformed or with disabilities as evil spirits see him as a drain on limited resources and so medicine men often acts to perform rituals and prepare prisoners concoctions to kill them thousands of defenseless children have

been made this week. my name is a mass area and mass i am an investigative reporter because of the work i do i never show my face. i've come to non being done now to investigate disparate child phenomena food is scarce here even children must wait for the family to. mount a long grey season has come all families move into the big city looking for work or to sell the animals. living on the edge of survival the birth of a disabled child is greatly feared it's seen as a terrible burden on their family an extra month to feet their child won't be able to help in their field and neither will its mother who will have to divulge precious time to escape out of this fear and tradition has gone they believe that such a child is a spirit child an evil presence that must be destroyed before it threatens the survival of the family it doesn't even need to be disable him a child in a family where things going wrong can be branded as evil and when this happens all

this in the community known as compulsion mean paul didn't poison the child. through. a marked are poor and. have been assured. that hugely. emotional. electronically. no. abuse. i'm ok but. who are. there to. you my lad my man of. my mid. i don know how to solve that i may dismiss

you can. add by saying laziness it is done to you. and. i'm heading for a place known locally as they will forests because the bodies of spiritual ruin have been buried here for centuries. this stone is here only indication to show that's. where very here the concoction men had their bodies under their stones to prevent from digging them up this forest remains green and still standing because the local people are afraid they are scared that the evil forest would eat them up local and jews have often used dialogue to talk to community members to stop this practice advocacy has been successful to some extent but has not been able to eradicate this from the community. we are in

a more democratic than now law enforcement must take over to stamp out this once and for all but we can't find any record of anyone ever been arrested for what can only be described as a dreadful crime i've come to police headquarters in bogotá than that to meet their original commander and fame out why it is the very difficult thing to do it is a very difficult thing to do even if you good information one is know where it is happening who are behind and who in current events so you can mount machine and good and it's unfortunate we have no idea why this is happening who are behind or these and why or this why the of morgan obviously. it is being done on the quiet and you never know. if the police can find everything maybe i can my plan is to find some concoction men to invent as who called program charge and see if they will diagnose it as an evil spirit then i aim to catch them

in the act of trying to poison it a colleague has agreed to let us use coffee is 18 month old son to play the part of my spirit job when they come to do the deed but obviously i can't risk his life so at the last moment we will be straight with the contents of this suit a similar looking of a child made from selected by a movie props company in london. shortly so she can feel. my 1st step is to integrate into the community i'm moving to see the historical heartland of this bridge you know me where i have rented this property. would separate buildings and 2 entrances it's perfect for my plan. in 3 weeks of investigation i've already met 14 individuals spread over an area the size of libya from nodding their head to neighboring booking. person who admittedly

did kill spirit children before him of this said they were willing to poison my tough now it's time to do a deal with one of them a broker who has a good beat i've told him that he's my son was born nothing has gone right without a lot of money and my cats have broken down now we are meeting to make the final arrangements. to lend it up. he learned to use. a lever emphatic and never let. me take you at that extent about 2 and more time that i'm. do you really think you. must pack it in and allow you. to do what. i'm told. morning. if you do it that acutely. thank.

god i'm broke. but you know you won't be gone for ted. what the d.c. happened to the sting a little bit but the bones aren't part of it without you you know you could. be noble a bunk 10 we're talking all are gonna love you some moves i know this you know will open up buying a car loan. you your beautician i want to do you view shit man lab. because you're going to attack it agree to a $230.00. 2 simple one. wally you sat. down and you. family you look at it now as come on there's. nothing to.

do to. you now we have the oracle's blessing the broker agrees to contact them and to prepare a poisonous concoction administer it to my son a child's life has now been sold for 40 us don't last 3 files i'm deeply shocked at this been for a while then does have become a necessity to a plot to madam i tell you. of the cylinder deal with the broker and moving on to the neighboring province of will meet with another who said be willing to kill myself this time i'm dealing directly with the medicine man and from what i had

more than read they don't know anyone in. the. lab. but. i mean when or. how they go on. i want to. know why the. m y m. o m. one of the. one of my weird about the end. i think that will handle doing it like a closing the door to run a being there do you know who got there when and then never did you see somebody yet i was letting the. yellow i don't want to. look.

depend on them and i doubt baguette. as anyone with the just glance web and one can go but. you know i'd probably have a lot. doing what i saw in the. last. you're going to get out the month before. and then being that yeah i can get by when i said that i had to. take a look at what he called buzz on why i think one particular little is on you to be to live in the house to be stranded in a computer has gravity. come back to me. at. no you invited 2 groups of men to come to my rented property. and minister to my.

their medicine man's group shuttle for fares then in the morning they broke for the afternoon what they don't know is that look up police offices will be hidden away in one of the buildings watching on t.v. monitors but 1st i need to prepare the house to receive them. as dawn breaks the next morning the police arrive and back to save distance from the house. officers will be monitoring every moment of the activities while 2 police in uniform will wait by the vehicle ready to take anyone arrested into class that. he is also now with us in men we believe our story we move over to the house in twos and threes to avoid arousing suspicion. our crack team is now in one and. 6 plainclothes police officers and the baby is time to bring in damaged and place

it on a makeshift bed in the secretes camera room. is now ready to take place at the last minute. 3 of he says the cup was asians while the officer and his 2 remaining colleagues sit in the money to move. from here keep vigil and be ready to move in the moment their concoction man intends to kill. suddenly we had the medicine man and his accomplice approach. some man and his i phone police inside the house showed them their real child.

subtly with them and cement leaning obama feet i'm never about he sifts they clearly have no qualms about killing him. and it gets worse wendy demand. bringing him outside for them to inspect is sickening but i need them to believe i am ready to follow through if my plan is going to work out and the time that it. tick tick tick. tick tick tick.

tick. days no way i'm leaving to feed there with them for a 2nd is them to get him to safety. i fuss him through the window and into the secure of weeds in police office. that met some men build a fire and well some roots be dug up this morning to create a deadly brew. and . i'm. finally ready to admin is that a concoction. we make our way into

the bedroom where de demand i handle but it's out there is still don't know it's a replica thank. you. gondar rest young not to like to see anything unless you wish to see i thought that i would see you keep you down and begin you know you didn't know follow the law against. the person for the person to person. is this also cut off yes start over it this is the prepared one and then this is

where the prepared to put the baby. to deputy to keep yeah but if you could even in handcuffs one of the men is still hanging on to a dummy as forensics offices begin to take samples of the materials used to make the concoction. no but. it would interfere with it when you're. placing also and already one example into the presence and the liquid there men have already prepared to admin is that's a cool thing. but why. having that is sufficient evidence the police are now confident that the men both intended and not tempted to made that it's out.

a police vehicle is ready and waiting to take them into custody. i. think. of. the father. and the police station there man and told to give up all the opposition include india loads you for being put into the cells the yellow. tape. there will now wait here under lock and key on so accord decides the fate.

back at the house the night has fallen by the brook and his collaborate this the other group invited to visit coffee filter the police the said our evidence is sufficient to i raise them in a way as soon as he's taken into custody it will agrees to god as to the homes of his accomplices 1st is this who declared my fictitious child was evil. then to prevent anyone from wanting him to play scape will creep up on the house of the man who has been commissioned by the broker to prepare and administered of concoction. of all the church so i tell you that your time is clear men folkways in india this life is also discovered and they can ask everything.

as they are loaded into the police while good in taking to the cells their industry see where very different is precious to the 1st. illusion relate the only now understand that take in a child's life the 2nd when i. had. the . spirits child from 2813 a moving and powerful film and to day says on this story we're joined now by invested journalist and us is also is not to show his identity great to have you in the studio with us. first of all explain to viewers who may not of course it from the film why you've got the face covering while i have always been in this traditional mask in my career and that so ensure security and that's to help so people don't see that phase that does that feel how dangerous is your work. i

guess this is not the point for me but most african journey. there's food to investigations have series of. dangerous points in our last so it's you just have to be you have to think that how do i survive through them a story and i have come out with beat that i where i'm sure my adequately some in nigeria and this in malawi have addressed house of protecting themselves what sort of harassment have you faced when you were doing your work generally you would have before would definitely want to point guns at you some would try to kidnap you and we've had most of these happen and i mean get in threats of that is it's normal there are legal suits all those and there's no synonymous to me alone but most of my colleagues on the continent suffer that we're muncher is to name and shame and

jail. over the naming and shaming but why do you feel it's so important to take it to that level where you want to see the people that you're reporting on pay for us to face justice there's nothing more frustrating than doing a story on someone and working on the same street on that with that person if that's even more dangerous and that can easily and the life of any journalist saw the days when we sit down and then say we have this problem we don't do story for people to read and smile in the bedrooms we do stories that have impacts on society for me that a good story is that story that named shamed and jilted a bad guy i mine can be unconventional i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys are put behind bass and that has helped so many people have gone to jail as a result of my work and i'm proud of it if we look at the film that we've just seen spirit child i mean it's a heart breaking investigation and what happened to those concoction men did they

go to jail yes they started the leader process but do you realize that there were 2 or so. by the time the process could finish some of them just couldn't even make it to dallas only they had some sympathy but the key if in that happened in that story is that it told the community that whoever you are when you attempt to do some of these things you are going behind bass for the fest and those witch doctors where arrested and they were put before courts that sent a strong signal to all witch doctors to be careful that when you are dealing with the life of a child it's a completely different math and that we can sit down for this children to be killed in the way the have been killed the former u.s. president barack obama he recognized you as a courageous journalist who risked his life to tell the truth and that's quite an extraordinary recognition to have do you think that you walk is having lost seeing

positive impacts on gonna look africa as a ted world country we know the problems we have with judiciary we know the problems we have adopted these force before my thing that i am controversial but i am saying that on like the u.k. in the us where journalists called the west story and the security agencies and judicial systems are stronger and could take up such issues in africa we don't have that we have institutions that lack basic amenities so i see no reason why a reporter from in a part of african continent would take one stick to the security day says how full the minutes you are wasting people die that's the difference between stories that happen in the west and stories that happen in africa and author a very good speech about the very brave what that you were doing thanks for joining us here on rewind thank you and that is it for this week's rewind if you want to catch any of the other films in the series you'll find them on the rewind page on the out of their website but for now until next time good bye.

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