Month: May 2016 Posts

‘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… ...

Missing albino child found dead in Dedza

May 03, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 193 &

A 17 year-old boy with albinism who had been missing in Dedza district has been found dead in Mozambique. The boy, Fletcher Machinjiri, was a standard seven student at Tete primary school in the district.… ...

Experts demand death sentence for albino killers

Apr 30, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 224 &

Social commentators in Malawi have called for death sentences for people convicted of killing albinos. The commentators were reacting to the case of a man who has been given a 17 year-jail term for killing his… ...

Police recover bones of murdered albino child

Apr 29, 2016 Bright Malenga 51 &

Police in Kasungu have recovered bones believed to be of a one year and eleven month-old albino girl who was abducted from her home on April 4 whilst sleeping with her mother. According to police,… ...

55 cases of albino attacks recorded this year

Apr 29, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 23 &

Malawi has registered 55 cases of attacks against people with albinism in 2016, according to reports. The Association of People with Albinism (APAM) which released the figures, said the attacks involves cases of albino killings,… ...

Albino attacks: 17 year-old missing in Dedza

Apr 27, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 97 &

Thugs in Dedza district have abducted Fletcher Machinjiri who is a 17 year-old boy with albinism, police say. According to Dedza police relations officer Sergeant Edward Kabango, the boy who is a standard seven student… ...

Albino killers invade Lilongwe City

Apr 26, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 170 &

Another innocent life brutally murdered in Dowa. Her only crime was that she was born with albinism. As reported a twenty one year old woman, Enelesi Nkhata, who was living with her grandmother in Dedza, was… ...

Albino attacks still on the rise in Malawi

Apr 25, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 46 &

Traditional leaders in Machinga district have expressed concern over the increasing number of albino abduction cases in the country and have since appealed to the general public to help end the malpractice. One of senior… ...

Malawi betraying people with albinism

Mar 14, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 22 &

We are not being there for them. It has to be made clear before my main message gets covered by other words. Again, we are not being there for them. The fact that some people… ...

Four jailed over albino bones

Feb 14, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 58 &

The Zomba magistrate court has sentenced three Malawians and a Mozambican to four years imprisonment with hard labour for being found guilty of possessing bones. The bones are being suspected to be of a person… ...