IFRC report unveils plight of Great Lakes albinos

11.19.2009 – The killings of albino people in Burundi and Tanzania, based on occult practices, have triggered a crisis involving almost the entire albino population of the two countries, according to a report released today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The report, called "Through Albino Eyes", says that as many as 300 children and teenagers are now in hiding and stranded in Tanzanian schools for the disabled or in emergency shelters established by the police in Burundi, where they exist in dire conditions. Thousands more albinos across a huge swathe...

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IFRC report unveils plight of Great Lakes albinos

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