BLANTYRE, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Malawian businessman hoping to become the country's first lawmaker with albinism has called for a major drive to tackle rampant violence against ...

In popular culture, people with albinism are often depicted as evil or supernatural. Dr Shari Parker wants to set the record straight about the condition and remind others that widespread inaccuracies ...

They are taunted, hunted and mutilated. Over the past two years, at least 65 people with albinism have been attacked in Malawi – sometimes mutilated and dismembered alive by machete-wielding ...

The light physical appearance of people with albinism is caused by an inherited condition which results in a lack of melanin. This means people with albinism will have very pale skin, hair, and eyes.