Month: May 2016 Posts

CSOs maintain call for death sentences for albino killers

May 10, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 1,482 &

The country's Civil Society Organization (CSOs) grand coalition has asked the courts to consider stiff punishment to all criminals found guilty of killing people with albinism. According to CSOs grand coalition public relations officer, Lucky… ...

‘People with albinism in Malawi living in fear’

May 07, 2016 Luke Bisani 27 &

The Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) has bemoaned stigma in the country, arguing that it is fueling attacks and killings of people with albinism. Speaking after a meeting with President Peter Mutharika… ...

Malawi asks Moz to extradite herbalists over albino murder

May 06, 2016 Paul Nthala 32 &

Dedza police have started a formal procedure requesting the surrender of Mozambican herbalists who were arrested in connection to the murder of a 17 year-old albino Davis Fletcher Machinjiri. Dedza police deputy publicist constable Cassim… ...

The real danger in the albino killings in Malawi

May 06, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 32 &

It is crisis. We may avoid thinking or looking at it that way, but the reality on the ground tells us that the abductions and killings of people born with albinism is an issue that… ...

Mutharika commends police for arresting albino attackers

May 06, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 82 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has hailed the police for the good job they are doing in apprehending thugs involved in attacks against people with albinism. Mutharika made the remarks after a meeting a delegation from… ...

Albino abductors get 25-year jail term

May 05, 2016 Paul Nthala 15 &

The first grade magistrate court in Dedza district has handed down a 25-year prison sentence to the two men who abducted Davis Fletcher Machinjiri last month. The convicts, Vuto Biswick and Emmanuel Robert on April… ...

UN expert wants Malawi declared state of national disaster

May 03, 2016 Luke Bisani 32 &

The United Nations (UN) independent expert on human rights and albinism Ikponwosa Ero has called on government to declare Malawi a state of national disaster following high cases of killing people with albinism. During her… ...