56 incidents of albino killings reported in ten years

56 incidents of albino killings reported in ten years
Daily News
ABOUT 56 incidents of killing of people with albinism have been reported in the country from 2006 to 2015, the National Assembly heard on Monday. Deputy Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Pereira Ame Silima, said 41 cases involved 43 deaths, while 13 cases ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 May

278 dog bite cases reported in ten months

>A total of 278 cases of dog bites involving children below five years were reported in Dodoma from January to October last year, according to a public health expert.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Nov

Hey! Let’s celebrate ten years of the mad tirade

The late Chinua Achebe, the literary doyen, wrote about a lizard that had fallen from an Iroko tree. On realizing that no one had noticed it falling, it kept nodding its head. I will be behaving the same – thanking myself for keying this mad tirade for ten years.

 

10 years ago

NEWS.Com.Au

15 Jan

Witchdoctors banned for albino killings

NEWS.com.au
Witchdoctors banned for albino killings
NEWS.com.au
TANZANIA has banned witchdoctors to try to stem a surge in murders of albinos, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft, officials say. “These so-called witches bear responsibility for the attacks against albinos,” interior ministry spokesman Isaac Nantanga ...
Albinos Killed in Tanzania for Money & Power Rituals | Government Bans ...Bella Naija
Witchdoctors banned to protect albinosLegalbrief (subscription)
Tanzania Bans...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Mar

UN set to investigate albino killings in EA

>The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday decided to appoint an expert to investigate abuses suffered by albinos in East Africa. The 47-member council adopted by consensus a resolution establishing a three-year watchdog position. It expressed “grave concern at attacks and widespread violations against persons with albinism, including women and children, persons with disabilities and the elderly.”

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Mar

We’ll end albino killings, vows JK

>President Jakaya Kikwete has expressed shock over the fresh wave of killings of people with albinism in the country, saying this barbaric cruelty, which has also given Tanzania a bad image, cannot be tolerated. In his first remarks since the renewed wave of attacks on albinos, which has subjected Tanzania to global condemnation, President Kikwete sought to absolve the government from blame, saying past efforts by his administration had stamped out the vice.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Mar

Govt not doing enough to end albino killings

The right to life is a constitutional right of every person in the world and such it is provided for in Article 14 of The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania, 1977.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

07 Jul

14 on death row over albino killings

14 on death row over albino killings
Daily News
THE crackdown by the police on syndicates behind abductions, mutilations and killings of people with albinism has netted 133 suspects, 14 of whom have been convicted and sentenced to death, Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe disclosed. “A total of ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

28 Mar

Kagera RC warns over albino killings

Kagera RC warns over albino killings
Daily News
KAGERA Regional Commisssioner, Mr John Mongella has called upon residents and leaders in the region to cooperate and end the senseless killing of people living with albinism. He warned that if person with albinism is killed, leaders and the entire ...

 

11 years ago

GPL

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO SPENT THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF HER LIFE GROWING UP IN THE AFRICAN BUSH

Real life Mowgli: Photos of Tippi, a girl who spent the first ten years of her life growing up in the African bush, have been released for the first…

 

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