Article: UN concerned about murders of albinos in Tanzania.

Article: Albinos in Tanzania killed for body parts
International Herald Tribune;  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... trade in albino body parts ... people in Tanzania - and across ... believe albinos have magical ... lists of albinos in every ... escorting albino children to school. Tanzania's president ... said. Many albinos in Tanzania are turning ... Tanzanian Albino Society for ...

Article: (Special for CAFS) UNICEF calls for crackdown on albino ...
Xinhua News Agency;  December 24, 2008 ;     514 words ... ... crackdown on albino murders in Tanzania UNITED NATIONS ... murders of albinos in Tanzania ... from the Tanzania Albino Society say more than 35 albinos have been ... seekers that albino body parts ... offices in Tanzania and others to "ensure albinos like other ...

Article: WITCHDOCTORS HAVE ALBINOS OF TANZANIA LIVING IN ...
Sunday Life (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  August 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BEING Albino in Tanzania now makes you ... four months. Albinos, who have a ... worldwide, but in Tanzania the prevalence ... higher. The Albino Association of Tanzania says that although just 4,000 albinos are officially ...

Article: Tanzania convicts albino's killers.
Aljazeera.net;  November 3, 2009 ;     590 words ... ... estimated 200,000 albinos in the past two ... body parts of albinos - who lack pigment ... some regions of Tanzania and other African ... and good luck. Albino hunters kill ... himself an albino and founder of ... more than 50 albinos, many of them ... witchdoctors. Although Tanzania ...

TANZANIA ALBINO DAY
AP Images;  May 4, 2007 ;     228 words ...Tanzanian Albino, Muadhani Ramadhani, weaves an Africa tradition carpet (Mat) at Mnazi ... Dares Salaam Friday May 4, 2007, as part of celebrations to mark World Albino Day. They appealed to the government and public at large that they disserve ...

Article: Free mobilephones to keep albinos out of harm's way in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  January 6, 2009 ;     406 words ... ... harm's way in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM ... business people in Tanzania to enable albinos to make emergency ... distributed to many albino families while ... emergency numbers for albinos to make calls ... killed in 2008 in Tanzania for their body ...

Article: Charity fights to protect albinos at risk in ...
The Virginian Pilot;  February 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Associated Press Tanzanian albino Muadhani Ramadhani participates in celebrations of World Albino Day in 2007. Many albinos in Tanzania live in fear because of a wave ... killings. Rumors have spread that albino body parts will make people ...