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AFP / Milliyet Daily Handout / Bunyamin Aygun

Tanzania Bans Witch Doctors in Response to Widespread Albino Killings

The government of Tanzania has outlawed witch doctors in response to the increasingly widespread practice of hunting albino individuals to use their body parts in magic spells. Witch doctors have convinced clients that the body parts of an albino can bring good luck and attract money, which has led to the killing of at least 70 albino individuals and the disfigurement of countless others.