Student Jane Ihuoma Ottah who started her studies at Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in 2014/15 was expelled from the university, after the institution discovered she had a disability. The student who has a partial hearing impairment. was struck off the university register with no advance warning or discussion. The letter the university […]
Child with albinism dismembered in Burundi
The attacks on people with albinism (PWA) continue in Burundi, this time with the killing and dismembering of a five-year-old girl called Cimpaye. Official reports claim that gunmen broke into the girl’s home at around 1am on the 17th of February. The men attacked her parents and took the child. Neighbours were alerted by the parents who went […]
Broken bodies: hunting persons with albinism in Tanzania
People with albinism are targeted because of their skin colour. They are also singled out because of beliefs about the properties of their body parts. In 2016, the persecution of people with albinism persists, especially in Tanzania where 1 in 1,400 people have albinism (compared to one in 20,000 in other countries). This is probably a […]
The first Pan-African Albino Conference
The very first Pan African Albino Conference recently held in Dar es Salaam from November 19– 22 2015 marked an unprecedented moment in bringing together major stakeholders to discuss and empower advocacy and protection measures for people with albinism. Hosted by Under the Same Sun (UTSS), an international organisation advocating for the rights and protection of […]