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Rights for albinos.(TANZANIA)(Brief article)
Albinos in some African countries have always struggled to overcome the superstitions that surround them. They face daily discrimination and are often shunned by their community. They are also vulnerable to skin cancer-which kills many of them before the age of 30--and poor eyesight, which results in children failing to finish school and leads to the perception that albinos are intellectually weak.
In Tanzania, whose population 36 million includes at least 8,000 albinos, a new and more sinister threat has arisen. In the last year up to 20 have been killed for a growing trade in albino body parts. Many Tanzanians believe that albinos have magical powers and their hair, skin and bones are used by witch doctors to make 'get rich quick' potions-which have become more lucrative as food prices ...
- UN concerned about murders of albinos in Tanzania.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. December 25, 2008 700+ words
...albinism. Witch doctors say albino blood and...murders of albinos in Tanzania...to "ensure albinos like other...s north. Witch doctors have convinced...seekers that albino body, parts...to protect albinos there, give...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) September 25, 2009 700+ words
...such punishment for albino killers. The court...a 14-year-old albino. He had been bundled...the 'white meat' to witch doctors. The gang is believed...responsible for 'hunting' albinos throughout the region...innocent and defenceless albino and they, too, deserve...
- Albino killings draw death sentences.
- News wire article from: UPI Energy Resources November 4, 2009 700+ words
...killing a 50-year-old albino and cutting off his head...convicted of killing Tanzanian albinos in a wave of violence attributed to witch doctors, The Times of London...slaying of more than 50 albinos, some as young as 6...
- Killers of Burundi albinos jailed.
- News wire article from: Aljazeera.net July 23, 2009 700+ words
...murdering African albinos and selling their body parts to witch doctors. The leader...and mutiliated albino men, women and...Tanzania and sold to witch doctors, who claim albinos' flesh brings...Mwaura, from the Albino Society of Kenya...
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- Magazine article from: National Review Stuttaford, Andrew April 7, 1997 700+ words
WITCH doctors! It's an engaging title, promising...succeed. Often drily funny, The Witch Doctors is a succinct guide. If something...create an image of dynamism. As The Witch Doctors shows, this is all based on the illusion...
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Paine, Andr January 21, 2003 700+ words
...conmen is targeting Londoners - fake witch doctors. Claiming they can cure cancer and...troublesome boyfriend to die. The fake witch doctors advertise - at a cost of more than...five days." Other Africans posing as witch doctors claimed to be able to cure cancer and...
- Witch doctors admit:we've no cure for cancer; Conmen's U-turn after Record...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) December 14, 2005 700+ words
Byline: By Annie Brown WITCH doctors who claim to cure cancer backed down yesterday after the Daily Record exposed their...to police, who say the men are now under investigation CAPTION(S): OUR STORY: Witch doctors exposed
- The 'witch doctors' who spirit away all your; WATCHDOG SPECIAL A new wave of...
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England) August 10, 2006 700+ words
...CATHERINE HENDRICK WATCHDOG SPECIAL A new wave of conmen are preying on Brummies - fake spiritual healers and witch doctors. The Mail discovered families have lost thousands of pounds after handing the money to "holy men". In an exclusive...
