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

Police in Tanzania say 23 people were arrested in connection with the crime of seven people, accused of witchcraft, have been burned alive.

Saying thanks to the mourners is a special task.

Medical approaches to albinism try to understand the body from the outside in.

Though defined as disabled, the state does not accord a albinos any rights and South Africans "are as deaf as the ground", activists say.

Attackers murdered an albino girl in Tanzania, where albinos have been targeted by witchdoctors, an official said on Tuesday.

In recent weeks, Burundi has seen a gruesome string of murders and mutilations of albinos, whose body parts are sold to witchdoctors.