The government of Tanzania banned witchcraft in a move to protect albinos from murder.
Albinos are chopped apart for their body parts which are believed to bring good luck.
The body parts are used by witchdoctors in potions.
The BBC reported:
Tanzania has banned witchdoctors in a move intended to stop attacks on people with albinism.
Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe said there would be a nationwide operation to “arrest them and take them to court” if they continued to work.
Albino people, who lack pigment in their skin, have faced attacks for their body parts, which witchdoctors believe bring good luck and wealth.
The Tanzanian Albinism Society (TAS) has welcomed the ban.
“If we and the government come together and show strength as one and speak as one, we can deal with the problem head-on,” the society’s chairman, Ernest Njamakimaya, said.
“I believe this way we can get rid of these incidents once and for all.”
‘Evidence mishandled’
More than 33,000 people in Tanzania are believed to have albinism.
Seventy have been killed in the past three years but only 10 people have been convicted of murder.
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