Africa: South Africa's Shame - Albinos 'Hunted' for Muti!

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Between January and February 2018, South Africa has been gripped with stories of armed men blatantly walking up to a village, abduct albinos and disappear with them into the bush.

Several weeks later, as happened in north-eastern province of Mpumalanga on 22 February, two bodies of mutilated children were found in shallow graves with several parts of their bodies missing. Everyone is now clear why the people living with albinism were abducted and why the bodies have missing parts--taken for purposes and belief that, these parts mixed with muti and other charms, can bring stupendous good luck--either scoring at horse racing and other betting events, success in business or even winning elections.

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