"We have certainly let down this kid, because he died and we had to read about it in some friggin' newspaper. That is tragic. YMMV."

Absolutely. However, one would hope, that there are lessons to be learned for all involved. According to a number of pieces I've read it would seem that African migrant community in the UK - specifically Congolese migrants, need to learn how to be more open about this subject as it has hitherto, remained unspoken of outside of that community. That is not to say there is any dark conspiracy of silence as such, but that clearly migrant communities tend to hold together, possibly for fear of persecution or ejection by the host nation.

There needs to be educational work with Congolese migrants and a focus of care for Congolese children at risk of this kind of abuse - at present there is no system in place here to identify children from different African countries, they are all simply lumped together as "African".

There needs to be some kind of crackdown on the crooked faith leaders who provide 'exorcisms' for cash in this country. And as AFRUCA has called for (linked to below) the branding of children as witches, should be criminalised.

No doubt many other things too. But that is some of what I have gleaned thus far.