In February 2025, the court delivered a landmark judgment, holding Tanzania accountable for human rights violations against persons with albinism. Charlotte Baker, who has researched sociocultural ...

These youngsters from Tanzania are not limbless by accident, or because of a birth defect. Their amputations were the work of human hunters with machetes who believed children with albinism ...

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has ordered Tanzania to establish a fund with an initial deposit of Tsh10 million ($3,905) to compensate persons with albinism who ...

I could identify him easily.” Students with albinism wear hats and sit in the shade for morning tea break at Lake View School near Mwanza, Tanzania, while their classmates head toward the sunny ...

"I can walk from here to the beach, but in Tanzania, I can't go by myself to the beach. There is not enough security for people with albinism," he said. Albinism is a congenital disorder affecting ...

He said albinos in the region were living in fear ... from the hands of abductors who allegedly wanted to take him to Tanzania for sacrifice. "I call on parents and East Africans to accept and ...

People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government's failure to ...