Tanzania Activists Defend Disabled Rights

Government has been called upon to help protect people with mental disabilities in Zanzibar.

Tanzania: Promoting the Rights of People With Mental Disabilities

Tanzania Daily News, 19 December 2012

ZANZIBAR is one of many developing countries where people with mental disabilities still face violation of their rights. Perhaps the government has not been keen enough at ensuring ... read more »

Goverment urged to protect rights of the disabled.

Tanzania: Albino-Stigma Medic Under Fire

Tanzania Daily News, 18 December 2012

THE Rukwa Regional Commissioner, Engineer Stella Manyanya, has ordered the Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS), Mr Salum Chima and Regional Medical Officer (RMO) Dr John ... read more »
Tanzania: Hopeful Theresa's Life Shattered By Night Assailant

Tanzania Daily News, 17 December 2012

MS Theresia Mariki, aged 32 has become armless. One fateful night a ghostly stranger sneaked into her house and chopped off her arms. Judging from slashes on her head and back, the ... read more »
Tanzania: Official - Mentally Disabled Need Fair Deal

Tanzania Daily News, 12 December 2012

FOUL language and exposure the privacy of people with mental disability should be discouraged, the Principal Secretary (PS) in the Office of the First Vice-President, Dr Omar Dadi ... read more »
Tanzania: Bagamoyo Removes All Obstacles to Cater for Disabled

Tanzania Daily News, 7 December 2012

FOR yet another time, the country's historic Oceanside town of Bagamoyo, with its ancient limestone buildings, a powerful reminder of the demeaning slavery days, hosted a meeting ... read more »

InFocus

Albinos Still Under Attack, Tanzanian Director Reports

Under the Same Sun Director Vicky Ntetema has refuted claims that there have been no Albinos killed in the last three years citing 119 assaults as evidence of ongoing brutality. Read more »
- Tanzania: Five People With Albinism Killed in Three Years
- Tanzania: No Albino Killing Incidences in Three Years - Official