Albinos chased down and hacked apart by witch doctors who believe body parts ...

Mirror.co.uk
Albinos chased down and hacked apart by witch doctors who believe body parts ...
Mirror.co.uk
These graphic images show how albinos living in Tanzania are being attacked and often hacked to death for their limbs in widespread witchcraft practices. Referred to as 'White Ghosts' in their communities, many believe their body parts bring good luck and ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

The Japan Times

19 Feb

Tanzanian albino baby abducted by witch doctors for his body parts is found dead

Telegraph.co.uk
Tanzanian albino baby abducted by witch doctors for his body parts is found dead
The Japan Times
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian police have found the mutilated body of a 1-year-old albino boy whose abduction renewed calls for tougher action to stop the killing of albinos for their body parts, which are prized in black magic. An armed gang snatched ...
1-year-old Albino Found Dead, Missing Arms and Legs in TanzaniaNews Every day
Abducted Tanzanian albino boy found dead with limbs...

 

10 years ago

Vijimambo

03 Jan

Abducted albino four-year-old is feared to have been killed so her body parts can be used in witch doctors' potions in Tanzania

Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi snatched from her home by men with machetesHer father was among four people arrested over the abduction, police sayBody parts of albino people said to fetch up to £50,000 on the black market 
Police in Tanzania have arrested the father of a four-year-old albino girl who is feared to have been abducted and murdered so her body parts can be sold to make witch doctors' potions.
Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi was snatched from her home in the Mwanza region in the north of the...

 

10 years ago

Opposing Views

29 Aug

Witch Doctors Are Attacking And Mutilating Albinos In Tanzania

Witch Doctors Are Attacking And Mutilating Albinos In Tanzania
Opposing Views
Earlier this month in Tanzania, three men armed with machetes hacked a 15-year-old girl's arm off just below her elbow. The reason: The girl is an albino and witch doctors in the country were willing to pay as much as $600 for an albino's severed limb.

 

9 years ago

Daily Mail

24 Sep

Kenya's albinos are moved away from its border with Tanzania over Witch Doctors

Daily Mail
Kenya's albinos are moved away from its border with Tanzania over Witch Doctors
Daily Mail
Albinos in Kenya are being moved away from its border with Tanzania amid fears they'll be targeted by witch doctors desperate to steal their body parts to sell on as good luck charms to politician hopefuls in the neighbouring African country. Tanzania ...
Kenya's albinos moved away from Tanzania border amid witch doctor threatTelegraph.co.uk
Lobby Moves Albinos From Areas Near...

 

10 years ago

New Zealand Herald

06 Jul

Grim camps albinos' best shot at avoiding witch doctors' clutches

National Post
Grim camps albinos' best shot at avoiding witch doctors' clutches
New Zealand Herald
A 6 year-old from Tanzania with albinism, is treated at Global Medical Relief Fund and Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Photo / AP. It was from neighbours that Scola Joseph first heard of two strange men in the village asking after her ...
Albino children locked away to keep them safe from witch doctors who claim ...National Post

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10 years ago

WOAI

11 Dec

Albinos being killed for body parts

WOAI
Albinos being killed for body parts
WOAI
SAN ANTONIO - People with albinism - a lack of pigment that makes them appear strikingly white - are routinely being killed in Tanzania for their hair or body parts, which are then used to make potions to attract wealth and luck. The tradition is not a new one ...
Tanzania's Albinos 'Killed like Animals' for Body Parts Used in PotionsBreitbart News

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10 years ago

Headlines &Amp; Global News

11 Dec

Albinos in Tanzania Are Killed 'Like Animals' So Their Body Parts Can Be Used ...

Headlines & Global News
Albinos in Tanzania Are Killed 'Like Animals' So Their Body Parts Can Be Used ...
Headlines & Global News
Albinism is a lack of pigmentation that causes pale skin and light hair. (Photo : Twitter Photo Section). Mtobi Namigambo had gone to work for the day when his then 3-month-old son, May Mosi, was attacked. "I had gone to the lake to fish. They were all alone ...
Albinos being killed for body partsWOAI
Tanzania's Albinos 'Killed like Animals' for Body Parts Used in...

 

10 years ago

Daily Mail

26 Jan

Trade in body parts driven by belief albinos bring luck and wealth

Daily Mail
Trade in body parts driven by belief albinos bring luck and wealth
Daily Mail
Tanzania's albinos are being 'hunted down like animals' as greed for money and influence drives families to turn on their own loved ones in a trade allegedly fuelled by some of the country's most powerful people. It is believed albino body parts will bring a ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Tanzania outlaws witch doctors

Tanzania outlaws witch doctors in a move intended to stop the killing of albino people for their body parts.

 

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