NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to ...

STORY: For Carine Kiki, protecting her daughters from the sun in Benin's Cotonou requires constant vigilance. Her girls are living with albinism. That makes them part of an already vulnerable group ...

Learn about organizations working to protect albinos from guesome attacks. Aug. 26, 2010 — -- In Tanzania, life with albinism is a near death sentence. Fifty-seven people with albinism have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Africa, Albinism affects 1 in 5,000 to 15,000 people according to UNICEF researchers. In Senegal alone, an estimated 10,000 ...

12-year-old Mwigulu Matonage Magesa from Tanzania poses for a portrait in the Staten Island borough of New York, September 21, 2015. [Reuters] Increased funding and awareness campaigns are helping to ...

YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A group of young Nigerians have invented an island where people with albinism live to escape being hunted down and having their limbs hacked off for use in witch ...

An early Christmas present came to some people from Tanzania visiting South Jersey for life-altering interventions. Certain people in the East African country are hunted for body parts. Many are left ...

For many albinos — born with a partial or total lack of pigment in their skin, hair and eyes — life is difficult, and that is particularly... Tanzania's Albinos Face Constant Threat Of Attack Life is ...

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THE government has set aside 1.9bn/- in the 2025/26 financial year for the procurement of skincare lotion for persons with albinism, in line with national policies, laws and service-delivery ...

Unique looks led Xueli to the modeling industry at the age of 11, where she got a platform to celebrate differences, raise awareness about albinism, and inspire others to embrace their natural beauty.

A belief that their body parts have magical powers has sparked a grisly trade. NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos ...