Four charged over albino murder in Tanzania amid growing calls for action

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Four charged over albino murder in Tanzania amid growing calls for action
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DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Tanzanian court has charged four people over the murder of an albino woman over six years ago as pressure mounts for authorities in the east African country to do more to stop the killing of albinos whose ...
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10 years ago

IPPmedia

28 Feb

Four charged over albino murder amid growing calls for action.

IPPmedia
Four charged over albino murder amid growing calls for action.
IPPmedia
The High Court of Tanzania in Mwanza Zone Thursday charged four people over the murder of an albino woman who died over six years ago as pressure mounts for authorities in the east African country to do more to stop the killing of albinos whose body ...
Four charged with murdering albino woman and for black magic rituals in TanzaniaDaily Mail
Albino Murders in Tanzania (Excerpt from 'VICE News Meets Josephat...

 

11 years ago

NEWS.Com.Au

15 May

'witch doctors' charged in albino murder

BBC News
'witch doctors' charged in albino murder
NEWS.com.au
TANZANIAN police have arrested two alleged witch doctors after an albino woman was hacked to death for body parts, a rights group says. Munghu Lugata, 40, was killed after attackers hacked off her left leg above the knee and chopped off three fingers on ...
'Witch doctors' charged in Tanzania murderSBS
Two Tanzanian Witchdoctors Arrested Over Albino KillingRTT News
Witch doctors arrested after albino murderNew Straits Times

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11 years ago

Herald Sun

14 May

Tanzanian 'witch doctors' charged in albino murder of Munghu Lugata

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Tanzanian 'witch doctors' charged in albino murder of Munghu Lugata
Herald Sun
TANZANIAN police have arrested two alleged witch doctors after an albino woman was hacked to death for body parts, a rights group says. Munghu Lugata, 40, was killed after attackers hacked off her left leg above the knee and chopped off three fingers on ...
Witch doctors arrested after albino murderNew Straits Times
Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killingBBC News
Simiyu Regional Police...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Feb

UN calls for action as body of albino child found

The body of Yohana Bahati, a one-year-old child with albinism, who was on Sunday abducted by unidentified people, was on TUesday this week with his arms and legs hacked off.

 

10 years ago

Press TV

06 Mar

Tanzania sentences 4 to death over albino murder

Press TV
Tanzania sentences 4 to death over albino murder
Press TV
A Tanzanian court has handed down death penalties to four people convicted of killing an albino woman. On Thursday, Tanzania's High Court sentenced four people to death for killing 22-year-old Zawadi Mangidu in 2008 in the northwestern town of Geita.
Albino killers sentenced to death in TanzaniaTimes LIVE
Four albino killers sentenced to death in TanzaniaCapital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Tanzania court sentence...

 

11 years ago

Zee News

14 May

Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murder

BBC News
Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murder
Zee News
Dar es Salaam: Tanzanian police have arrested two alleged witch doctors after an albino woman was hacked to death for body parts, a rights group said on Wednesday. Munghu Lugata, 40, was killed after attackers hacked off her left leg above the knee and ...
Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killingBBC News
Simiyu Regional Police Commander, Charles MkumboIPPmedia

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10 years ago

The Guardian Nigeria (Satire) (Press Release) (Blog)

30 Oct

Tanzania's new leader calls for unity amid opposition fraud claims

The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Tanzania's new leader calls for unity amid opposition fraud claims
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
John Pombe Magufuli. Photo: uchaguziccm Tanzania's new leader John Magufuli called for unity Friday after winning hotly contested polls the opposition claimed to have won, and amid tensions after Zanzibar annulled polls. “I promise to deliver my ...
Sports fraternity lauds MagufuliDaily News | The National Newspaper (press...

 

10 years ago

International Business Times UK

06 Mar

Tanzania death penalty for suspects in albino murder to 'serve as an example'

International Business Times UK
Tanzania death penalty for suspects in albino murder to 'serve as an example'
International Business Times UK
Tanzania's decision to sentence to death four people for the murder of an albino woman is "setting an example" amid a wave of albino killings, the country's human rights commission said. The four killers convicted in Mwanza, north-west Tanzania on ...
Albinos call for execution of witchcraft killers in TanzaniaToday's Zaman
Death Sentences for Murderers of...

 

10 years ago

Huffington Post

15 Jan

Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors To Protect Albino People From Ritual Murder

The Guardian
Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors To Protect Albino People From Ritual Murder
Huffington Post
(RNS) The government of Tanzania has banned witch doctors due to ritual killings of albino people for their body parts. The witch doctors reportedly fueled the killings by inducing local people to believe “magic potions” made from body parts brought good luck ...
Tanzania bans witch doctors after scores of albino people are killed in ritual ...Religion News Service
Fatal Belief: Albinos killed in...

 

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