September 23, 2009

Three men are sentenced to hang for the murder of an albino teenager in northern Tanzania, where albinos are murdered because their body parts are used by witchdoctors for potions promised to bring health and good luck.

In the past two years, there has been a very significant rise in albino murders, despite official stances outlawing witchdoctors from practicing their trade. 
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8270446.stm

A witchdoctor in Uganda is arrested for kidnapping a three year child in hopes of use in a ritual sacrifice, a crime which has risen throughout Uganda in the last few years.

A staff nurse, at the Grantham Hospital in the United Kingdom, observes glowing, orange globes in the sky.

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