In Tanzania, albinos are often referred to as ghosts ... In response, the government began placing children and adults with albinism into safe houses. Although they may be physically protected ...

Inside the Lives of Albinos in Tanzania.") The Tanzanian government has taken some steps in the wake of the killing spree, opening shelters for albino children in some parts of the country and ...

(CNN)-- A court sentenced four people to death in northern Tanzania for the killing ... for the killing of more than 50 Tanzanian albinos, including children, in the past two years, Haule said.

PHILADELPHIA -- In Tanzania, superstition dictates that ... Deemed to be ghosts because of their lack of pigmentation, albino children are hunted by shamans, who use their body parts in witchcraft ...

Per capita income in Tanzania in 2010 was $442 per year. Zawia Kassim, 12, lives at the Kabanga Protectorate Center. Many parents send their albino children to boarding schools for protection.

tongues and noses can fetch tens of thousands of dollars on the black market in Tanzania and other parts of east Africa where anti-albino bias is most prevalent. At the children’s intake ...

A UN expert has condemned the abuse of albino children in government care centres in Tanzania, a country where many are killed and their body parts sold as lucky charms. At least 74 albinos have ...

She said attacks against albinos are “fueled by ignorance ... Baraka and Mwigulu, two children from Tanzania who were brutally attacked for having albinism, were brought to New York ...

In some traditional communities of Tanzania and other countries in Africa, albinos, as they're often ... Baraka and four other children with his condition have escaped the threat, at least ...

Witch doctors often lead brutal attacks to use albino body ... education centers in Tanzania are engaging in segregation by forcibly removing from their homes hundreds of children with albinism ...