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Tanzania: Task Force to Stem 'Albino' Killings
Daily News, 14 January 2015
THE government has banned the activities of witchdoctors and soothsayers countrywide as part of plans to stem killings of people with albinism in the country. Read more »
This aims at stemming the abduction and killing of people with albinism in the country.
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New cases of persecution against people living with albinism have been reported as the country celebrated the National Albinism Day. Read more »
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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 »
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