Witchdoctors banned to protect albinos

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Witchdoctors banned to protect albinos
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Tanzania has banned witchdoctors in an effort to stem a surge in murders of albinos, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft. New Vision reports that this follows last month's kidnapping of a four-year-old girl from her home in the northern Mwanza region.
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10 years ago

TIME

14 Jan

Tanzania Has Banned Witchdoctors in Order to Halt the Murder of Albinos

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Tanzania Has Banned Witchdoctors in Order to Halt the Murder of Albinos
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEAN-MARC MOJON Albino children study on January 28, 2009 at the Mitindo Primary School for the blind, which has become a rare sanctuary for albino children. TONY KARUMBA—AFP/Getty Images ...
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10 years ago

NEWS.Com.Au

15 Jan

Witchdoctors banned for albino killings

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Witchdoctors banned for albino killings
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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 ...
Albinos Killed in Tanzania for Money & Power Rituals | Government Bans ...Bella Naija
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The Times (Subscription)

14 Jan

Tanzania bans witchdoctors to save albinos

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Tanzania bans witchdoctors to save albinos
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Albino Day celebrations in Dar es Salaam. The majority of people in Tanzania say they believe in witchcraft. Emmanuel Kwitema / Reuters. Print. Share via. Facebook · Twitter · Google+. Participants march during Tanzania Albino Day celebrations in Dar es ...
Tanzania bans witch doctors to deter albino killingsTODAYonline
Witch doctors banned in Tanzania in bid to curb attacks on albinosABC Online
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TheCitizen

18 Mar

Healers can be good allies in campaign to protect albinos against

In what appears to be another desperate attempt to bring an end to the killing of people living with albinism, the government of Tanzania has reportedly arrested and detained over 200 ‘witch doctors and traditional healers’ in the country. Those arrested were ‘’healers and soothsayers’’ who were operating without a license. Found in their possession included ‘’lizard skin, warthog teeth, ostrich eggs, monkey tails, bird claws, mule tails...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

COMPLAINT: Campaign to protect albinos lacks steam,activists charge

When he was in Mbeya during the 2010 presidential campaigns President Jakaya Kikwete promised to speed up murder cases for killers of people with albinism. This, he said, would deter other bad intentioned people from carrying out attacks on albinos.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Apr

Villagers vow to use witchdoctors

>Despite the recent  ban imposed by the government on traditional healers and witchdoctors,  a cross section of Chimedeli villagers in Bahi District, Dodoma Region,  have vowed never to stop using their services.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: Satirist: Why use witchdoctors?

If you want love, wealth or good health, you might think of consulting a witchdoctor.

 

10 years ago

New Vision

14 Jan

Tanzania bans witchdoctors

New Vision
Tanzania bans witchdoctors
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TANZANIA has banned witchdoctors to try and stem a surge in murders of albinos, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft, officials said Wednesday. The ban follows the kidnapping last month of a four-year-old girl by men armed with machetes, who took her ...
Tanzania bans witchdoctors to stem grisly albino murdersThe Straits Times
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10 years ago

BBC

Tanzania rounds up 32 witchdoctors

Tanzanian police arrest 32 witchdoctors as part of the country's campaign to halt the murder of albinos for their body parts.

 

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