Witch Doctors Are Attacking And Mutilating Albinos In Tanzania

Witch Doctors Are Attacking And Mutilating Albinos In Tanzania
Opposing Views
Earlier this month in Tanzania, three men armed with machetes hacked a 15-year-old girl's arm off just below her elbow. The reason: The girl is an albino and witch doctors in the country were willing to pay as much as $600 for an albino's severed limb.

Opposing Views

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Daily Mail

24 Sep

Kenya's albinos are moved away from its border with Tanzania over Witch Doctors

Daily Mail
Kenya's albinos are moved away from its border with Tanzania over Witch Doctors
Daily Mail
Albinos in Kenya are being moved away from its border with Tanzania amid fears they'll be targeted by witch doctors desperate to steal their body parts to sell on as good luck charms to politician hopefuls in the neighbouring African country. Tanzania ...
Kenya's albinos moved away from Tanzania border amid witch doctor threatTelegraph.co.uk
Lobby Moves Albinos From Areas Near...

 

10 years ago

Mirror.Co.Uk

31 Jan

Albinos chased down and hacked apart by witch doctors who believe body parts ...

Mirror.co.uk
Albinos chased down and hacked apart by witch doctors who believe body parts ...
Mirror.co.uk
These graphic images show how albinos living in Tanzania are being attacked and often hacked to death for their limbs in widespread witchcraft practices. Referred to as 'White Ghosts' in their communities, many believe their body parts bring good luck and ...

 

10 years ago

New Zealand Herald

06 Jul

Grim camps albinos' best shot at avoiding witch doctors' clutches

National Post
Grim camps albinos' best shot at avoiding witch doctors' clutches
New Zealand Herald
A 6 year-old from Tanzania with albinism, is treated at Global Medical Relief Fund and Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Photo / AP. It was from neighbours that Scola Joseph first heard of two strange men in the village asking after her ...
Albino children locked away to keep them safe from witch doctors who claim ...National Post

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10 years ago

VICE News

28 Aug

Fueled by Superstition, People Are Violently Attacking Albinos in Tanzania

The Daily Star
Fueled by Superstition, People Are Violently Attacking Albinos in Tanzania
VICE News
In the past month, a spate of violent attacks in Tanzania targeting people with albinism for their body parts has highlighted a morbid practice linked to witchcraft. People with albinism, also known as albinos, are born with a deficiency of melanin pigmentation.
The tragic fate of albinos in TanzaniaThe Daily Star

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10 years ago

BBC

Tanzania outlaws witch doctors

Tanzania outlaws witch doctors in a move intended to stop the killing of albino people for their body parts.

 

10 years ago

Design &Amp; Trend

15 Jan

Witch Doctors Banned In Tanzania Because Of Albino Killings

Design & Trend
Witch Doctors Banned In Tanzania Because Of Albino Killings
Design & Trend
The Tanzanian government has recently banned witch doctors as a result of numerous attacks and murders of albinos whose body parts are used for witchcraft, reports News Daily. Albinism is a congenital disorder that results in people not having pigment in ...
The Grisly 'Charms' That Spurred a Witch Doctor BanNewser
Tanzania bans witchdoctors, sets up taskforce to curb albino attacksSabahi Online
Tanzania Bans...

 

10 years ago

Reuters

06 Mar

Tanzania arrests 32 witch doctors over albino murders

Times LIVE
Tanzania arrests 32 witch doctors over albino murders
Reuters
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Tanzania death penalty for suspects in albino murder to 'serve as an example'International Business Times UK
Albinos call for execution of witchcraft killers in...

 

11 years ago

Zee News

14 May

Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murder

BBC News
Tanzania 'witch doctors' arrested after albino murder
Zee News
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 and ...
Tanzanian witch doctors arrested over albino killingBBC News
Simiyu Regional Police Commander, Charles MkumboIPPmedia

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10 years ago

New York Post

15 Jan

Tanzania bans witch doctors to deter albino killings

New York Post
Tanzania bans witch doctors to deter albino killings
New York Post
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Tanzania has banned witch doctors in a bid to curb a rising wave of attacks and murders of albinos whose body parts are prized for witchcraft after a four-year-old albino girl was kidnapped from her home by an armed gang.
The Grisly 'Charms' That Spurred a Witch Doctor BanNewser
Witch Doctors Banned In Tanzania Because Of Albino KillingsDesign & Trend
Tanzania bans witchdoctors, sets up...

 

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