In Swaziland,"[t]he elder sister of murdered albino girl, Banele Nxumalo, has revealed that she now fears for her life as she could be next to die because she too is an albino.
'It is no more safe for people like us. The frightening thing is the manner in which we are killed as abinos - we are being slaughtered like animals.' "

The lifeless body of a man with albinism is found lying in the street - on Fidel Castro Highway. The body, which was discovered on the morning of Sept 18, was partially covered but it is speculated that the man's throat was slit and his body abandonned afterward.

President Kikwete calls the superstitious belief that albino body parts can bring riches, "utterly stupid."

ABC's Juju Chang reports on her observations of persons with albinism in Tanzania. She visits Mariamu Stanford a victim of an attack.  Report preps the reader for the 20/20 special run by ABC after this visit.

Police in Nairobi, Kenya unearthed a syndicate of mortuary attendants and funeral home workers that were involved in the trade of human organs across borders in the region of east Africa. Body parts sold in this syndicate revealed a booming trade in albino body parts taken to Tanzania.

Nathan Mutei, a Kenyan arrested in Tanzania on charges of human trafficking of a person with albinism pleads guilty to the charges. Mutei will serve 17 years in jail and will pay a fine of more than $50,000.00 USD.

On the night of Saturday 18 September to Sunday 19 September 2010, two bodies of young albinos were found under the bridge of Kényen - it appears that their kidnappers had cut their throats and pierced their two eyes.

Dr. Simeon Mesaki, a renowned Tanzanian anthropologist and expert researcher on African witchcraft, comments on ritualistic killings in Africa  particularly witchcraft practices that target persons with albinism. The story of Susana Nyerere whose husband was recently killed is highlighted.

"This paper argues that the continuing cruel, inhuman, degrading, and discriminatory treatment of Tanzanian nationals with albinism (hereinafter “Persons with Albinism” or “PWAs”) constitutes persecution under American asylum law and that these individuals who face or fear such treatment on account of their disability, albinism, should presumptively be entitled to eligibility for asylum in the United States (“U.S.”)." The paper provides a framework for fulfilling the necessary requirements in applying for asylum should PWAs choose to seek it.

Abdoulaye Coulibaly, a 22 year old man from Mali is granted asylum by Spain after he arrived illegaly on Spain's Canary Islands.

Muti-killing, the use of body parts for witchcraft and local medicine, is reported to be on the rise in northern Namibia.

2 mothers in western Tanzania are attacked with machete by persons who sought after their albino children but could not find them.

A 2-day conference themed "That Albinos May Live Free of Skin Cancer" is hosted in Nigeria by a partnership consisting of the Sokoto state government, the Federal Ministry of Health and the Albino Foundation.

"Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu said the Nigerian government will protect the rights of albinos and other vulnerable groups in their workplace." This was the outcome from the meeting of representatives of the Albino Foundation with the Minister in Abuja, Nigeria. The Minister confirmed that the wellbeing of persons with albinism fell under the Ministry of Health, Safety and Environment of the Workplace.

A detailed overview of ocolocutaneous albinism and its common characteristics. Most of  these characteristics are explained in terms of their scientific origins and apparent manifestation in persons with albinism.

On the effect of muti killings and occult-related killings on the continent of Africa. The effect of such killings on children and persons with albinism. Cases in point: Nigeria, and Tanzania