Killing of Man With Albinism Haunts Machinga District
The missing and eventual death of Mc Donald Masambuka, a young man with albinism, remains a gloomy and troubling thought to people in Machinga, a district in the eastern part of Malawi. In May this year, the 22-year-old man went missing from his home in Makawa in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkowola in Machinga. His body […]
UN, Mozambique host first-ever forum to fight trafficking of people with albinism
United Nations agencies are joining forces with governments in Southern Africa in a push to strengthen protections for persons with albinism, who often fall victim to a raft of abuses, including maiming, trafficking and even murder, linked to the belief that their parts have magical powers in witchcraft potions. A two-day regional forum on preventing […]
Albinos Pay the Price as Political Ambitions Get Ugly
The violation of the rights of people with albinism has taken a cruel dimension as some countries in the continent prepare for crucial elections. A spike in such attacks in recent weeks, attributed to the age-old myth albinos’ body parts are a source of good luck, have been blamed on political hopefuls as polls approach. […]
Albinos being abducted and killed in Tanzania for black magic
The abduction of an albino child in Tanzania sparked calls on Tuesday for greater action to enforce a newly-imposed ban on witch doctors to stop the killing of albinos whose body parts are prized in black markets.The one-year-old boy was grabbed from his mother in his home in the Geita region of northwestern Tanzania on […]
