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Senegal seeks to protect albinos against their biggest killer – the sun
By Makini Brice DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Albinos in Africa live in fear of being murdered for their body parts, which are prized in witchcraft for use in charms and potions, but albinos face a much more pervasive threat: the sun. With little or no melanin – the pigment that colours eyes, hair and…