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 ...

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 ...

Albinos in Africa live in fear of being murdered for their body parts, which are prized in witchcraft for use in charms and potions, but albinos face a much more pervasive threat: the sun. With little ...

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 ...

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 ...