NEWS: US DOCTORS HELP TANZANIAN CHILDREN HARMED IN ALBINO ATTACKS

5 Tanzanian children attacked and robbed of limbs because they are albino are being outfitted with prosthetic at a Philadelphia hospital.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that New York City-based Global Medical Relief Fund connected the children, ages 6 to 16, with prosthetic specialists at Shriner's Hospital.

Hundreds of albinos have been attacked in Africa since 1998.Tanzanians subscribing to superstition see them as demons or ghosts with mystical powers whose body parts are used in...

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10 years ago

TRFN

25 Feb

Tanzanian families seek safe havens for albino children, fear attacks

Tanzanian families seek safe havens for albino children, fear attacks - TRFN
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T anzanian parents with albino children are racing to find safe havens for their youngsters after the abduction and suspected murder of two children raised fears of more attacks on albinos ahead of ...

 

10 years ago

Windsor Star

08 Jul

Albino children locked away to keep them safe from witch doctors who claim ...

Windsor Star
Albino children locked away to keep them safe from witch doctors who claim ...
Windsor Star
Baraka Cosmas Rusambo, 6 years old with albinism from Tanzania, is treated at Global Medical Relief Fund and Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. In March, assailants lopped off the right hand of Rusambo.
Grim camps albinos' best shot at avoiding witch doctors' clutchesNew Zealand Herald

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11 years ago

BBC News

14 May

Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killing

BBC News
Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killing
BBC News
Two witch doctors in Tanzania have been arrested after a woman with albinism was hacked to death, police say. One of her legs and several fingers were removed in the attack on Tuesday. Albinos have suffered widespread persecution in Tanzania, where ...

 

11 years ago

Sabahi Online

16 May

Tanzanian police arrest 'witch doctors' over killing of albino

IPPmedia
Tanzanian police arrest 'witch doctors' over killing of albino
Sabahi Online
Tanzanian police have arrested two alleged witch doctors after an albino woman was hacked to death for body parts, AFP reported Wednesday (May 14th). Related Articles. Living in fear, albinos seek greater protection in Kenya and Tanzania · Henna ...
UN rights chief calls for greater protection for Albinos after barbaric killing in ...UN News Centre
UN Condemns Death of Tanzania Albino Woman Killed for Body...

 

11 years ago

Herald Sun

14 May

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

IPPmedia
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

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

IPPmedia

24 Sep

Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...

IPPmedia
Why three Tanzanian children sparkled in World Bank children's art drawing ...
IPPmedia
Three out of 150 children entries won the World Bank (WB) Tanzania four week children's art drawing contest that took place between March and April 2014. In this brain cracking art exercise Chanda Lwansa (13) a form one student at Feza Girls Secondary ...

 

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

New Straits Times

14 May

Witch doctors arrested after albino murder

IPPmedia
Witch doctors arrested after albino murder
New Straits Times
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 ...
Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killingBBC News
Simiyu Regional Police Commander, Charles MkumboIPPmedia

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