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Tanzania:
Abducted Boy With Albinism Found Dead With Limbs Severed - Police
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 February 2015
Tanzanian police said on Wednesday they had found the mutilated body of a one-year-old albino boy whose abduction renewed calls for tougher action to stop the killing of albinos… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Kidnapping of Child With Albinism Sparks Outrage
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 17 February 2015
The abduction of an albino child in Tanzania sparked calls on Tuesday for greater action to enforce a newly-imposed ban on witch doctors to stop the killing of albinos whose body… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Mother of Mwanza Abducted Child Still in Coma
Daily News, 18 February 2015
THE mother of a child with albinism who was abducted in Geita Region on Saturday remains comatose at Bugando Referral Hospital (BMC) despite efforts by medical experts. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Police Have Offered a Reward for Information Leading to the Recovery of a Missing Albino Girl Feared to Have Been Kidnapped for Her Body Parts.
Arusha Times, 24 January 2015
Pendo Emmanuelle Nundi, 4, was abducted last month. The girl's father is one of 15 people to be arrested over her disappearance. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Call for Secret Vote to Unearth Albino Killers
Daily News, 15 January 2015
MWANZA Regional Commissioner (RC), Mr Magesa Mulongo, has proposed for the public to name people suspected of involvement in the killings of albinos by a secret vote and to reopen… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Let Us All Pursue 'Albino' Abductors and Killers
Daily News, 14 January 2015
HOME Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe soothed the population by announcing a ban on the so-called soothsayers and witchdoctors, as part of the overall effort by the government to… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Proven Albino Killers Must Be Severely Punished
Daily News, 1 January 2015
THE abduction of an albino child, four-year-old Pendo Emmanuel in Kwimba District has prompted the government to dispatch a crack investigation team to the area. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Society Wants Convicted Albino Killers Hanged
Daily News, 1 January 2015
TANZANIA Albinism Society (TAS) has called upon President Jakaya Kikwete to approve hanging of all suspects found guilty of killing albinos in the country. Read more »