Tanzania: Albinism under Attack from Tradition
Telegraph.co.ukTanzania: Albinism under Attack from Tradition
Press TV
For centuries they have occupied a sacred position at the heart of communities all over Africa, but now the Tanzanian government has banned traditional healers - also known as witch doctors - to protect people with Albinism from being hunted for their body ...
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10 years ago
Daily News11 Mar
17 held over child with albinism (6) attack
Daily News
POLICE in Rukwa Region have apprehended 17 people linked with the grisly incident in which a six-year old child with albinism, Baraka Yoram, was attacked by unknown assailants who chopped off his right palm and made away with it at Kipeta Village ...
9 years ago
Citizen TV (Press Release)24 Sep
Man living with albinism dies following attack
Citizen TV (press release)
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 ...
10 years ago
TheCitizen01 Sep
LAKE ZONE: 5 in custody over attack on people with albinism
10 years ago
Dewji Blog06 Mar
EY Tanzania team donated US$ 3,500 to fight brutality against people with albinism in Tanzania
On 2nd March 2015 staff and Partners of EY Tanzania hosted Ms. Maria Stanford a representative from the society of people with albinism in Tanzania at EY offices in Oysterbay.
The representative, herself a victim of brutality against people with albinism lost both of her arms to wicked people who broke into her house located near Lake Victoria in North-western Tanzania and managed to overcome her as she slept, cut-off and vanished with both her hands.
Although she later identified the...
10 years ago
Michuzi
EY Tanzania team donated US$ 3,500 and TZS 712,000 to fight brutality against people with albinism in Tanzania
On 2nd March 2015 staff and Partners of EY Tanzania hosted Ms. Maria Stanford a representative from the society of people with albinism in Tanzania at EY offices in Oysterbay.The representative, herself a victim of brutality against people with albinism lost both of her arms to wicked people who broke into her house located near Lake Victoria in North-western Tanzania and managed to overcome her as she slept, cut-off and vanished with both her hands.
Although she later identified the...
9 years ago
TheCitizen21 Dec
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Albinism in Tanzania: Witchcraft
International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Limi Luchoma, a 30-year-old mother-of-four with albinism, is a recent survivor of a brutal attack. In May, she was asleep in the home she shared with her father and her children in a village in the western Katavi Region when two men broke in. Locking the door ...
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IPPmedia12 Oct
Plan International berates child marriage tradition
IPPmedia
In a bid to eradicate child marriages in the county, Tanzanians have been urged to abandon traditions and cultures that undermine the country's efforts to ensure the well-being of girl children. Kessia Chonjo, the Plan International community development ...
11 years ago
Zee News21 May
EU wants Tanzania to stop people's killings with albinism
IANS
Zee News
Dar es Salaam:The European Union (EU) in Tanzania Tuesday appealed to Tanzanian authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent further killings of people with albinism. Filiberto Sebregondi, the EU head of delegation to Tanzania, said in a letter to ...
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