LAKE ZONE: 5 in custody over attack on people with albinism

Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL), the publishers of The Citizen, Mwananchi and Mwanaspoti has opened a new chapter in the history of the media history in this country with its decision to print its papers in Mwanza city. This is expected to guarantee quality news on time for thousands of readers in the Lake Zone.

>More than 450 people have been  rendered homeless after their houses and other properties of more than 150 farmers’ families were set on fire by pastoralists at Magogo,  Isakamilwa Ward in Igunga District, Tabora Region.

>Leaders from the Tanzania Association of People with albinism have asked Tanzanians of goodwill to support them in ending the dangers facing them.

>Brutal killings of elderly people have been reported in the Lake Zone ahead of the festive season, The Citizen has learnt.

Kagera. Local residents are asking the government to speed up the implementation of a project to hook up Lake and Central Zones to a safe water reservoir at Lake Victoria.

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Daily News
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Telegraph.co.uk
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Press TV
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Citizen TV (press release)
Man living with albinism dies following attack
Citizen TV (press release)
A 56-year-old man living with albinism who was attacked early this month on his way home has succumbed to his injuries. Enock Jamenya was on his way back home in Gavudunye Village, Hamisi Sub County in Vihiga County when unknown assailants ...

IPPmedia
Let Us Guard People With Albinism At Any Cost
AllAfrica.com
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