Thursday, March 5, 2015

FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING A WOMAN WITH ALBINISM

  Zawadi Mangidu, 22, was killed by a gang in north-western town of Geita
  Her husband was among the group who carried out the savage attack 
  Group killed Mrs Mangidu so they could sell her body parts as charms
  All four now face execution as Tanzania cracks down on albino murders 
  75 people suffering from albinism have been brutally murdered in the east African nation over the past 15 years
Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania after brutally murdering a young albino woman in order to harvest her body parts as good luck charms.
Zawadi Mangidu, 22, was killed in north-western town of Geita by a group that included her husband, who is among those due to be executed.
There is no guarantee the death penalties will ever actually be carried out, however, as the east African nation has had a moratorium on executions for the past 21 years.
The conviction comes just days after Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete promised to end a wave of killings of albinos, saying the witchcraft-related murders are shaming Tanzania.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

ALBINOS' FATE IN TANZANIA REMAIN UNCERTAIN

Horrific: Yohana Bahati's body was found on Tuesday afternoon near to his home in the Chato district, in northern Tanzania, days after machete-wielding kidnappers stole him from his home (stock picture)



Besides the public outcry on the victimization and barbaric killings of Albinos in Africa, particularly Tanzania, the perpetrators seem to be unconcerned and as such their lusts to kill continue affecting the feelings of Tanzanian well-wishers. Indeed ignorance lies at the centre of all albino killings as the perpetrators believe organs from albino bodies have magical power to make them rich.  This is utter nonsense and stupidity as any sane person could have asked himself if a small portion of an albino fresh will make one rich why hasn’t the albino himself –who posses all parts, become rich?. In fact, most albinos in Tanzania live in abject poverty contrary to the richness their organs are purported to posses. It is my sincere believe that elimination of Witch Doctors will be a major achievement in the struggle to stop albino killings as they are the main cause for the BIG LIE that albinos to be targeted by evil people who are ready to enrich themselves at any expense.

THE UNSUNG FAMILY CARETAKERS