For years, the alabaster-skinned people born on this sun-scorched constellation of islands off Panama’s Caribbean coast have been venerated as the Grandchildren of the Sun. A family with four albino ...

Strasbourg: The European Parliament called today on African countries to end the impunity that surrounds the killing and persecution of albinos, especially in Malawi. People with albinism -- who have ...

Albinism in Tanzania has long been regarded as a curse. Albinos have been tortured and killed throughout the country and their body parts used in magic potions prepared by witch doctors. Now ...

International Albinism Awareness Day on June 13 has been observed in Cameroon, with albinos asking for more government and community care and protection. Those living with this hereditary genetic ...

Albino Mary Owido sits with her children Steven, left, Stella, and Brayan, at their home in western Kenyan town of Ahero. The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven ...

The remote island of Ukerewe, several hours across Lake Victoria and two days overland from the capital of Tanzania, is the one remaining shelter, a place where albinos can live in relative safety.

(CNN)-- As many as 10,000 albinos are in hiding in east Africa over fears that they will be dismembered and their body parts sold to witchdoctors, the Red Cross said in a recent report. The killings ...

What does International Albinism Awareness Day mean for people living with the skin condition? DW spoke to Abdallah Saleh Possi, a Tanzanian deputy state minister, who is an albino. How much do you ...

Mayra Nieves is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.