Albinism groups say more than 90% of people with the condition in Africa die before they reach 40-years-old. Mdeka is that age now – and the clock is ticking on his life.

African albinos endure insults, discrimination and segregation throughout their lives. They also have a high risk of contracting skin cancer in a region where many jobs are outdoors.

African albinos endure insults, discrimination and segregation throughout their lives. They also have a high risk of contracting skin cancer in a region where many jobs are outdoors.

Killings of people with albinism also occur in South Africa, although these are less common. In February, a 67-year-old traditional healer there was convicted of murdering a 20-year-old woman with ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has a much higher prevalence rate for albinism than the West does. An estimated one in 5,000 are affected by the genetic disorder, versus one in 20,000 in Europe and the U.S.

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has explained how the Board uncovered over 1,500 fake albino candidates who attempted to beat its facial ...

10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings; Complete body parts set can sell for $75,000. John McGlothlen. Nov. 30, 2009 10:44 am.

The stark paleness of her skin and myths about albinos being tied to witchcraft made 17-year-old Bibiana Mashamba a subject of suspicion in her isolated African village.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, June 8 (UPI) -- Albinos, once just shunned in sub-Saharan Africa, now face threats of violence because of illegal trade in their body parts, observers say. In Tanzania ...

New limbs, new hope for Africa's hunted albino children 21 photos. One of the other victims, 17-year-old Kabula Nkarango Masanja, said that her attackers asked her family for money, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa’s albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous ...