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 unscrupulous dealers ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link People with albinism living in Africa are being blamed and persecuted for the coronavirus pandemic now hitting the continent, adding to the ...

UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - I ncreased funding and awareness campaigns are helping to slow the rates of violence against people with albinism in Africa, according to ...

A look at the effective, impactful work of one organization. In 2008, a BBC news article exposed to the world a surge of attacks and killings against people with albinism in Tanzania. The report came ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Nathan Birhanu is an intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies ...

Mr Gomez Agbodo, the Secretary to the Persons with Albinism in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has appealed for the urgent establishment of a dedicated healthcare support systems for ...

Cassim, 3, stands with his friends at his family home in Malawi. At least 18 albino people have been killed in Malawi since November 2014. AP LONDON — An increase in the number of attacks on people ...

It is hard to imagine Africans would record and release an album of music with the name White African Power. But that is the title of an album released this month by the Tanzanian Albinism Collective, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Five young people from Tanzania are being welcomed to Dare to Dream House on Staten Island where they will live while receiving medical treatment at Shriners Hospital in ...

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 ...

“I once said to a close friend that it would really be lovely to see a woman with albinism on a Vogue Cover,” South African model, activist and lawyer Thando Hopa wrote on her Instagram. “I would not ...

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 unscrupulous dealers who ...