Two men have been arrested in Zambia accused of being “witchdoctors” who had been tasked with trying to bewitch the country’s president, Hakainde Hichilema.

The police said they had arrested Jasten Mabulesse Candunde and Leonard Phiri in the capital, Lusaka, who were hired by Nelson Banda, the younger brother of lawmakers Emmanuel “Jay Jay” Banda.

In their statement, the police said the MP’s younger brother, Nelson, was “currently on the run”, while Mr Candunde and Mr Phiri have been charged under Zambia’s Witchcraft Act with “possession of charms”, “professing knowledge of witchcraft” and “cruelty to wild animals”.

The pair told the police they had been promised more than 2m Zambian kwacha ($73,000) for their “mission”.

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