Kagera RC warns over albino killings

Kagera RC warns over albino killings
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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 ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Egypt warns of IS killings response

Egypt reserves the "right to respond" to the purported beheading of Egyptian Christians held hostage by Islamic State militants in Libya.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

29 May

Kagera steps up ritual killings fight

Kagera steps up ritual killings fight
Daily News
THE Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), George Mayunga, has ordered officers commanding districts (OCDs) in the region to prepare lists of all witch doctors in their respective areas in an effort to control ritual killings. RPC Mayunga issued the ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

05 Jul

DCI heads to Kagera to lead investigations on killings

DCI heads to Kagera to lead investigations on killings
Daily News
THE Director for Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mr Diwani Athuman, accompanied by a team of highly trained experts is expected to arrive in Kagera Region any time to conduct thorough investigation on the recent wave of throat-cutting killings, it has ...

 

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
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Tanzania Bans...

 

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

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

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

TheCitizen

04 Mar

Govt lax on albino killings, critics say

The resumption of attacks on Albinos this year have reenforced allegations that wichdoctors use use body parts of albino’s to make spells bring good luck and can, allegedly, be used to conjure up votes and help politicians win elections, stakeholders say.

 

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