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8:01 CAT | 23 May 2017
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Officials from Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania started meeting in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province on Monday to strategise on measures to combat the killing and trafficking of people with albinism in the three countries. Mozambique’s Deputy Attorney General Amabélia Chuquela said in a statement that magistrates, police officers, immigration officials and representatives of human rights organisations from the three countries are meeting in Pemba city for the three-day conference whose aim is to share experiences and good practices in combating such crimes people with albinism.
According to the official, in recent months there has been a slowdown in the cases of trafficking and murder of people with albinism in Mozambique but “that is not a motivation to sit back”.
In the three countries, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested for ritual purposes.
“More than 115 people have been attacked in the past two years and several others fatally, hence we need to sit down and find ways to minimise the situation,” read the statement.
The three countries are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The region is concerned about the impact of trafficking in persons on society.
It is widely acknowledged that the crime damages the reputation of the regional bloc, impacts negatively on its regional integration agenda, and depreciates the socio-economic status of the region’s citizens.
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