State reaffirms pledge to contain albino killings

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State reaffirms pledge to contain albino killings
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has reaffirmed his government's commitment to end killings and all other forms of violence against people with albinism. Mr Kikwete said the government has been taking a number of measures including review of legislations to ...
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10 years ago

BBC

Boko Haram pledge to Islamic State

Boko Haram militants pledge allegiance to Islamic State, in an apparent online message by the Nigerian group's leader Abubakar Shekau.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

08 Dec

State urges civil servantsto sign 'integrity pledge'

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State urges civil servantsto sign 'integrity pledge'
IPPmedia
The government has directed all its civil servants to sign 'integrity pledge' by the end of this month. The move is aimed at combating corruption and cultivate culture of ethical conduct amongst public officials. Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

28 Mar

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 ...

 

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

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 ...
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Witchdoctors banned to protect albinosLegalbrief (subscription)
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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

Daily News

12 Mar

225 'healers' netted over albino killings

225 'healers' netted over albino killings
Daily News
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 ...

 

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