In some parts of Africa, people with albinism run the gauntlet of discrimination and even murder. Picture: children at an albinism awareness event in Malawi in 2015. Photo: ERICO WAGA / AFP/FileSource: AFPA father who wanted to sell his three albino children for use in witchcraft rituals was arrested in Mozambique before being able to close the deal, police said on Monday. Police in the northwestern region of Tete, said three children aged nine to 16 were rescued at the weekend after an anonymous tip-off. The killing occurred at the height of a spree that saw over 40 people with albinism in Malawi murdered and scores of others assaulted.

Source: The Star July 26, 2022 07:22 UTC