Tanzania bans witchdoctors over albino attacks

This is scary.

I mean, that people still think that albinos are cursed and want to kill them just because they have a pigment deficiency?

Banning witch doctors isn't enough, though, they should be tried and sentenced!

Here is another Tanzania story.

www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42309501

Tanzanian President Magufuli pardons child rapists

"Kate McAlpine, director of the Arusha-based Community for Children Rights, told the BBC she was "horrified but unsurprised".


John Magufuli made the pardon in his independence day speech on Saturday.


Singer Nguza Viking, known as Babu Seya, and his son Johnson Nguza, known as Papii Kocha, were pardoned for raping 10 primary schoolgirls.

The president selected a group of prisoners to be released, who he said had corrected their behaviour.


Ms McAlpine said the pardon illustrated Mr Magufuli showed a "lack of understanding about violence against children".


She linked this latest speech to his June announcement where he banned pregnant schoolgirls from returning to school.

"He has a blind spot when it comes to recognising children as victims. Pregnant schoolgirls are pregnant because they are victims of violence."


Childrens' rights activist Helen Kijo Bisimba told the BBC's Munira Hussein in Dar es Salaam that "forgiving those criminals will add more pain to the family and parents".