Posted 17/02-11 at 02.17
The murder and dismemberment of people with albinism is driven by the false belief that their body parts have a special potency when used in traditional medicine or as a cure for HIV/Aids. ...
Posted 31/08-10 at 11.39
The recent killing of two Swazi children with albinism has raised the prospect that the practice of murdering and dismembering such children for "muti" (medicine), especially prized for its supposed power against HIV/AIDs, is moving southwards from T ...