Living in fear: Tanzania's albinos

by sweet east pearl | July 22, 2008 at 02:02 am
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Living in fear: Tanzania's albinos

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Twenty-five people with albinism have been murdered in Tanzania since March, a BBC investigation has found.

Albinos are targeted for body parts that are used in witchcraft, and killings continue despite government efforts to stamp out the grisly practice, the BBC's Karen Allen says.

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Uwe Paschen

In most of Africa Albinos are sacred though! In Niger, Mali, Cameroon and other West African Countries, Albinos are treated almost like living Gods!


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Uwe Paschen

Please do write something Sweet east pearl, I would really like to Flag a story like this one! 

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