A 19 year Joseph Andiwochi who was arrested by Machinga Police Thursday last week has committed suicide by jumping from a moving police vehicle on his way to Zomba. Tuesday morning where he was expected to appear before court to answer abduction charges. Machinga Police has confirmed the suicide which took place near Mandevu Farms, […]
As a surge in violent attacks against people with albinism in Malawi and elsewhere rages on, the UN has made a strong appeal to authorities to prevent attacks and bring to justice alleged perpetrators. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Zeid said in statement issued Tuesday the attacks against people with albinism subject them […]
Police in Mangochi have arrested 28 year old Francis Kadammanja and Gift Kalua, 37, for allegedly possessing a pepper ball gun without authorization while Masuku police arrested seven men found with human bones. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer, Rodrick Maida said that the two were arrested within Mangochi Boma. “During the night of Saturday March […]
Malawi Police have arrested a 19 year old Joseph Andiwochi and is under custody in Machinga for allegedly kidnapping a two year old albino girl in the district. His two accomplices Kamanga Likhutu, and Sinoya Likhutu, who kidnapped the minor at her home, at Muluku village, Sub Traditional Authority Mchinguza in the district, are still […]
A lucrative black market exists for the body parts of albinos, who are believed by some to possess magical powers that can bring good luck. But as police in Tanzania crack down on the grisly trade, activists in neighbouring Malawi say attacks have spiked. Albinos are living in fear of being killed in Malawi, where […]
A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members—Mahatma Gandhi A society founded on ill principles of life is doomed; that built on blatant disregard for decency is crooked; and that whose survival depends on the sacrifice of innocent souls’ freedom is jinxed. It appears, from simple observations of life, that nature […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has pleaded with Malawians to afford people with albinism equal opportunities in life and to desist from the culture of stigmatizing them. This comes amid recent reports of victimization and killing of albinos for rituals. Kaliati said Albinos are like any other individual hence a […]
The continued attacks on people with albinism have raised questions on the seriousness of law enforcers to halt the practice with three cases recorded this month and the alleged culprits are still at large. Federation of Disability Associations in Malawi (Fedoma) has called on for legal protection while calling for the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) […]
Police in the tea-growing distrist of Mulanje are hunting for a Mozambican man suspected to be bdistrict behind the death of a 25-year-old woman living with albinism who was killed for ritual purposes. A woman identified as Violet Kanyama was murdered on Wednesday evening in Gwana Village in the district, and the law enforcers have started hunting […]
Unknown thugs reportedly killed a 25-year-old woman living with albinism in Mulanje district for ritual purposes. Police confirmed that the woman identified as Violet Kanyama was murdered on Wednesday evening in Gwana Village in the mountainous southern region district. Albinism is a genetically inherited condition, in which people lack pigmentation. Witchdoctors reportedly buy albino body […]
The BBC has reported that the UN human rights chief has condemned a recent spate of “horrific attacks” on people with albinism in Tanzania, including the murder of a young boy. The government should act to stop the “vicious killings” and discrimination they faced, said Navi Pillay. The mutilation and murder of people with albinism […]