Healers can be good allies in campaign to protect albinos against

In what appears to be another desperate attempt to bring an end to the killing of people living with albinism, the government of Tanzania has reportedly arrested and detained over 200 ‘witch doctors and traditional healers’ in the country. Those arrested were ‘’healers and soothsayers’’ who were operating without a license. Found in their possession included ‘’lizard skin, warthog teeth, ostrich eggs, monkey tails, bird claws, mule tails...

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

COMPLAINT: Campaign to protect albinos lacks steam,activists charge

When he was in Mbeya during the 2010 presidential campaigns President Jakaya Kikwete promised to speed up murder cases for killers of people with albinism. This, he said, would deter other bad intentioned people from carrying out attacks on albinos.

 

10 years ago

Legalbrief (Subscription)

15 Jan

Witchdoctors banned to protect albinos

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Witchdoctors banned to protect albinos
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Tanzania has banned witchdoctors in an effort to stem a surge in murders of albinos, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft. New Vision reports that this follows last month's kidnapping of a four-year-old girl from her home in the northern Mwanza region.
Tanzania Bans Witchdoctors, Sets Up Taskforce to Curb Albino AttacksAllAfrica.com
Tanzania bans witch doctors to stem grisly albino murdersThe Japan Times
Tanzania bans...

 

11 years ago

Dewji Blog

25 Jun

The Pope Launches a Campaign to Help African Albinos (#HelpAfricanAlbinos)

Pope Francis recorded his voice last 30 November, reading several passages from the book “Ombra Bianco” (“White Shadow”) by the Italian author Cristiano Gentile, which seeks to raise public awareness of the situation experienced by albinos in Africa: a population often rejected and repudiated. The Holy Father was invited by the writer to close an international symposium on Africa organised by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

The reading and the Pope’s testimony form part of a universal...

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

13 Feb

Mwanza on sensitisation campaign to protect children against violence

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Mwanza on sensitisation campaign to protect children against violence
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A sensitisation campaign to protect children against violence has been launched in by a multi-faceted cooperation team in Mwanza. The team includes social welfare officers, civil society organisations, child protection teams from the Mwanza municipal ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Aug

FOURTH ESTATE VIEW :Campaign period the most critical for good elections

Why do they choose to throng the streets just to be part of the crowd escorting a Presidential candidate? Why do they flock the political rallies in their thousands just to listen to a presidential candidate? Probably the most agreeable response to these questions would be that these folks throng the political rallies because they feel angry, hungry and thirsty.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Mar

Plea to give people good Katiba Deliver good Katiba to : Grant TZ good new call

 As citizens, we record in our memories what is happening in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and at the end of the day, we will come up with a conclusion if the Constitution to be achieved will be useful to us and the country in general.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

12 Mar

225 'healers' netted over albino killings

225 'healers' netted over albino killings
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A SPECIAL police operation in the Lake Zone regions has succeeded in netting 225 so-called traditional healers among other people suspected to have been involved in the killing of people with albinism and chopping off their bodily parts. The police ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

11 Aug

Union bars traditional healers from operating in guesthouses

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Union bars traditional healers from operating in guesthouses
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In the wake of growing allegations of illegal practices, traditional healers and medicine men in the country are cautioned to desist from carrying out their practices in un official places including guesthouses and small traveler hotels. The caution was issued ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

13 Jun

Ministry bans banners promoting traditional healers

Ministry bans banners promoting traditional healers
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THE Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has ordered prompt removal of banners promoting traditional and alternative medicines. The ministry spokesman, Mr Nsachris Mwamaja said that legal action will be taken against people who will continue to use the ...

 

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