Malawi’s president ‘ashamed of albino attacks’

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has told the BBC he feels ashamed by the attacks on albinos in his country and says the church needs to help stop them.

Since the end of 2014, Malawi’s police have recorded at least 65 attacks on people with albinism, including abductions, mutilations and murders, according to the United Nations.

People with albinism, who lack pigment in their skin and appear pale, are regularly killed in several African countries including Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

Mr. Mutharika told BBC Africa that the church had so far been silence on the issue.