This week, albinos and so-called witch doctors have made headlines. A number of news outlets reported that Tanzania had announced a ban on these "witch doctors" to curb attacks on people with albinism ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MWANZA, Tanzania — Bibiana Mashamba loves to ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian albinos are living in terror following 30 murders in the east African nation by people apparently seeking their body parts for ...

LAGOS, NIGERIA (CNN) — Hunted and mutilated for their body parts, and faced with stigma in their homes and workplaces, some albinos in Malawi say they will contest in next year's elections to fight ...

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 ...

Tanzania: A six-year-old whose hand was hacked off by men who broke into his home has become the latest albino in Tanzania to be attacked because their body parts are worth thousands of pounds. Baraka ...

Two Tanzanian boys with albinism got new prosthetic limbs after they had their arms cut off. One out every 1,500 Tanzanians is an albino. Despite the high rate, albinos are not seen as ideal human ...

A 15-year-old albino boy has been found dismembered in Burundi a week after going missing, the first such killing in the country in three years, a local albino group said Sunday. Albinos, who have ...

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 ...

She is haunted daily by the image of the decapitated head of her 9-year-old son. Police asked Edna Cedrick to identify it after the boy, who had albinism, was snatched from her arms in a violent ...

A belief that their body parts have magical powers has sparked a grisly trade. NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos ...