Albinism Archives

Chanco campaigns against albino attacks

Apr 19, 2016 Martha Chikoti 18 &

Chancellor College through its Law Faculty has conducted awareness campaigns in Phalombe district as one way of reducing albino attacks in the district. According to legal coordinator at the college’s Faculty of Law Timothy Chirwa,… ...

Abducted albino girl found dead

Apr 15, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 60 &

Police have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of the body of an albino girl who went missing some weeks ago in Kasungu district. The girl went missing after she was abducted earlier this… ...

Manhunt for people who ‘stole’ albino baby continues

Apr 08, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 70 &

Seven days after unknown people broke into the house of 25 year-old Madalitso Leman and abducted her 1 year and 11 months baby born with albinism, Whitney Chilumba, police say they are still on the manhunt for… ...

Albino dead body ‘stolen’ in Machinga

Apr 02, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 136 &

Thugs on Wednesday exhumed the body of an albino in Machinga and stole the corpse, police say. According to eastern region police publicist, Otilia Kumanga, the thugs dug up the body of the boy two… ...

Police arrest suspect in Machinga albino killing

Mar 12, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Elias Chatha, a 22 year-old man has been arrested after police in Machinga district intensified investigations into the abduction and murder of a nine year-old boy with albinism. Head of Police Investigators in Machinga, Inspector… ...

Malawi government slammed over ongoing albino killings

Feb 06, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 25 &

The Malawi government has come under fire from Amnesty International for putting little effort in protecting people with albinism in the country. In a press release titled "ritual murders of people with albinism in Malawi… ...

Child NGO wants solutions on albino attacks

Jan 27, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 23 &

Malawi Government has been asked to take measures that will help reduce cases of albino attacks and child defilements this year. Eye of the Child, one of the human rights advocates in the country, made… ...