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Malawi:
MPs Want Execution for Albino Killers - 'Tit-for-Tat Justice'
Nyasa Times, 19 May 2016
Some Malawian lawmakers at a National Stakeholders Conference held in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, on Tuesday, have proposed tit-for-tat justice to end the senseless murderers of… Read more »
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Malawi:
Super League Join Campaign Against Ritual Killings of Albinos
Nyasa Times, 18 May 2016
The Super League Association of Malawi (Sulom) has joined the campaign against the persecution of people with albinism in the country. This follows calls by government and several… Read more »
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Malawi:
Rights Groups Urge State to Appeal Losing Albino Cases
Nyasa Times, 18 May 2016
Human rights groups in the country have asked the state to immediately appeal all cases it lost to abductors and killers of people with albinism to send a strong message to them… Read more »
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Malawi:
Workable Solution to End Albino Killings in Malawi
Nyasa Times, 17 May 2016
The news that about 17 people of albinism have so far been abducted killed and some mutilated in Malawi is heartbreaking, tear-jerking, very shocking and sad. With these brutal… Read more »
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Malawi:
Uladi Blasts DPP Over Albino Killings - 'Malawi Govt Has Lost Focus, Direction'
Nyasa Times, 16 May 2016
The opposition Peoples Party (PP) acting president Uladi Mussa has once again hit at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), accusing it of losing focus and direction as evidenced… Read more »
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Malawi:
Police, Apa Blame Relatives and Conmen for Increased Albino Killings
Nyasa Times, 16 May 2016
Relations are the ones on forefront fuelling the abduction and killing of people with albinism aside exhuming their body parts, Malawi police have said. Read more »
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Malawi:
Malawi Pupils With Albinism Abscond Classes Fearing Attacks
Malawi News Agency, 13 May 2016
About 12 children with albinism have stopped learning at St. Mary's Primary School in Karonga, leaving only two. Read more »
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Malawi:
Malawi Learners With Albinism Abscond Classes in Karonga Fearing Attacks
Nyasa Times, 13 May 2016
About 12 children with albinism have stopped learning at St. Mary's Primary School in Karonga, leaving only two. Read more »
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Malawi:
Albinism in Malawi - Living in Fear
Al Jazeera, 11 May 2016
They are taunted, hunted and mutilated. Read more »
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Africa:
Tanzania a Catalyst for Attacks in Malawi?
Citizen, 10 May 2016
Under The Same Sun (UTSS), a charitable organisation that promotes the well-being of people with albinism (PWA), says increasing persecution of albinos in Malawi may have… Read more »
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Malawi:
Malawi Albino Body Exhumed
Malawi News Agency, 10 May 2016
Residents of Msemwe village Traditional Authority (T/A) Simphasi in Mchinji woke up in awe on Monday morning when they discovered the body of a 20-year-old man with albinism… Read more »
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Malawi:
Albino Body Exhumed - Malawi Police Confirm Arrest of Herbalists Over Rituals
Nyasa Times, 10 May 2016
Residents of Msemwe village Traditional Authority (T/A) Simphasi in Mchinji woke up in awe on Monday morning when they discovered the body of a 20-year-old man with albinism… Read more »
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Malawi:
Talking Blues With Mapwiya - Malawians' Gullibility and Love of Quick Money, Root of All Evil
Nyasa Times, 9 May 2016
A crisis of disturbing proportions: If you swallow a live frog in the morning, you are not supposed to encounter anything more disgusting for the rest of the day. This may be true… Read more »
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Malawi:
Uladi Says Malawi Should Register Albinos - Accuses DPP of Lips Service Over Crackdown On Killings
Nyasa Times, 8 May 2016
The opposition People's Party (PP) has on Sunday tipped the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government to embark on registration campaign on people with albinism as a way… Read more »
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Malawi:
Two Mozambican Herbalists Arrested Over Murder of Malawian Albino
Nyasa Times, 8 May 2016
Two Mozambican herbalists have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Malawian 17-years-old albino Fletcher Machinjiri late last month by convicted Malawian nationals… Read more »
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Malawi:
Albinos Mutilated in Malawi, Activists Call for Action
Al Jazeera, 6 May 2016
The targeting and killing of people with albinism in Malawi has a reached a crisis point after two more people were killed and their bodies mutilated, a leading activist has said,… Read more »