article_snippet: The latest assault comes days after Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete blasted the wave of killings and attacks against albinos as a 'disgusting and big embarrassment for the nation'.
article_snippet: A six-year-old albino boy said: 'I believe that with close co-operation between the government and society, we will succeed in ending these killings of persons with albinism and rid our nation of this shame.'
article_snippet: Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (above) blasted the wave of killings and attacks against albinos as a 'disgusting and big embarrassment for the nation' '
article_snippet: At least 75 albinos have died in the region since 2000.
article_snippet: Tanzanian police on Monday banned a planned demonstration by the Tanzania Albinism Society in the country's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, citing security reasons.
article_snippet: But Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (above) has said Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete (above) had agreed to meet albino leaders next week to discuss possible solutions to the killings.
article_snippet: Albinism is a hereditary genetic condition which causes a total absence of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes.
article_snippet: Albinos are seen as curses, or 'ghosts' who can be wiped off the face of the earth in many parts of Tanzania.