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Article: Tanzanian Government likes to keep the facts to itself
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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It seemed almost too macabre to be true: albinos being hacked to
death by alleged witch doctors who wanted their hair and blood as
ingredients for potions that, when imbibed, were supposed to bring
untold wealth.
I was sent to the north-west of Tanzania to cover the story last
year. We now know that 53 albinos have been murdered in similar
circumstances and this month three men were sentenced to death for
killing 14-year-old Matatizo Dunia for his body parts.
Reporting this story has not been straightforward. Local leaders
were ordered not to speak to journalists who did not have clearance
letters because the issue was "sensitive to the national security".
I used my own ways to report the ...