Tanzania is to ensure albinos’ right to education and access to quality ...

This decision marks a significant milestone in the ongoing struggle to enforce the human rights of persons with albinism,” ...

A Lancaster University professor says a landmark ruling by the African Court of Human and People's Rights against the government of Tanzania for not ...

Albinism, a genetic condition characterised by a lack of melanin ... and referred to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife. ThroughTAF Africa, she later secured free surgery at the ...

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Beneath a white, indifferent sky, a pale boy in a blue-and-red uniform shyly bows his head as tears begin to slip down ...

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has directed Tanzania to revise its witchcraft laws to clearly distinguish between traditional healers and witch doctors.

Ms Bamishe explained that for years, persons with albinism in Nigeria have faced significant health ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kenya: Nominated MP Isaac Mwaura has called on East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to ...

The Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, today welcomed a decision by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights holding the ...

The southern African country is home to up to 10,000 people with albinism, a lack of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes. Their body parts can fetch high sums in an underground trade ...