Albinos Living in Tanzania, Other East African Areas Continue To Fear For Their Lives

CNN reports that many albinos living in Burundi and Tanzania have gone into hiding after the numbers of attacks on them have increased. Some people living in the area believe that body parts belonging to those individuals suffering from albinism have special powers and are useful in the practice of witchcraft. Recently, a court in Tanzania sentenced seven people to death for killing persons suffering from albinism and harvesting their body parts for use in witchcraft. Al-Jazeera reports that persons convicted of similar offenses in Burundi have received prison sentences.