Tanzania bans witchdoctors after albino murders

Tanzania has announced a ban on witchdoctors who have been targeting the country’s large albino population in the mistaken belief their body parts can bring wealth, luck and power. The country’s home affairs minister called for communities to tip-off investigators in a new task-force set up to tackle the problem, which has resulted in at least 74 murders since 2000 and 58 brutal attacks in which people have lost limbs and been left permanently scarred. The task force will in the next two weeks start working in areas where attacks have been most prevalent.

Source, Ministry of Home Affairs.