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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has shown that it is possible to be a legend no matter how small your area of influence is.
ALBINISM

The killing of people with albinism is driven by myth and international inaction

An upcoming UN meeting on witchcraft and human rights is to focus on the rising attacks on Albinos and the trade of body parts in sub-Saharan African

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
A girl living with albinism has her eyes tested. A new regional plan by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights calls for the affordable provision of eye care and sunscreen to people living with the condition.
ALBINISM

Waiting to disappear: The danger of being too pale

Ikponwosa Ero went from a child who felt different to the United Nations’ first independent expert on albinism.

  • Bill Snaddon
10 min read
Face of persecution: People living with albinism in Tanzania are part of one of the largest groups that are vulnerable to superstitions about the luck their body parts can bring in the world.
ALBINO KILLINGS

Albinos in Tanzania fear death as polls near

Thought to bring luck, people with albinism are hunted in Tanzania – often by family members.

  • Daniel Wesangula
6 min read