NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers ...
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link People with albinism living in Africa are being blamed and persecuted for the coronavirus pandemic now hitting the continent, adding to the ...
A look at the effective, impactful work of one organization. In 2008, a BBC news article exposed to the world a surge of attacks and killings against people with albinism in Tanzania. The report came ...
Cassim, 3, stands with his friends at his family home in Malawi. At least 18 albino people have been killed in Malawi since November 2014. AP LONDON — An increase in the number of attacks on people ...
UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - I ncreased funding and awareness campaigns are helping to slow the rates of violence against people with albinism in Africa, according to ...
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Nathan Birhanu is an intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies ...
It is hard to imagine Africans would record and release an album of music with the name White African Power. But that is the title of an album released this month by the Tanzanian Albinism Collective, ...
STORY: For Carine Kiki, protecting her daughters from the sun in Benin's Cotonou requires constant vigilance. Her girls are living with albinism. That makes them part of an already vulnerable group ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Five young people from Tanzania are being welcomed to Dare to Dream House on Staten Island where they will live while receiving medical treatment at Shriners Hospital in ...
Albinos in Africa live in fear of being murdered for their body parts, which are prized in witchcraft for use in charms and potions, but albinos face a much more pervasive threat: the sun. With little ...
NAIROBI, Kenya The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who ...
NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers ...
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