Recent News and Interesting Topics

Information on this page should help you form a wider understanding of our story and the challenges we face.  If you require additional information, please contact us directly. 

Recent News

  1. Bullet11 year-old girl shot and mutilated in Swaziland

  2. BulletTanzanian man sentenced to hang for killing albino child

  3. BulletKenyan who tried to sell albino is jailed for 17 years

  4. BulletKenyan arrested by Tanzanian police for “albino sale”


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News Releases

  1. BulletMarch 1 2010: Rep. Connolly Introduces House Resolution Condemning Persecution of People with Albinism in East Africa MORE

  2. BulletJanuary 26 2010: Asante Mariamu Launched to End Slaughter of People with Albinism in East Africa MORE

Videos

  1. BulletAfrican Albinos killed for body organs.


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Special News Report


In October 2009, ABC News 20/20 produced an indepth report on people with albinism in East Africa. Click here to read and view the extensive coverage. It was  through this program that many of us met Mariamu Staford for the first time.

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Reports:

Through Albino Eyes: The plight of albino people in Africa’s Great Lake region an a Red Cross response

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

IFRC Report.pdf