Albinism, a genetic condition characterised by a lack of melanin in the skin, hair, and eyes, affects individuals physically and socially. Unfortunately, many of these challenges translate into ...

Pupils with albinism receive caps to protect from the effects of harmful sun rays, Mombasa, November 2015. [File, Standard] Albinism is a rare genetic condition that causes the lack of pigment in skin ...

Her two siblings both gained asylum before the Trump administration’s changes to immigration policy. But instead of being allowed to join them, she is being deported to Uganda ...

Albinism is a genetic disorder caused by gene mutations that affect the amount of melanin, a pigment responsible for the skin, eye, and hair color. This condition is seen in one in twenty thousand ...

27-year-old Madubuonu Stephanie Onyinye is a person living with albinism. The preschool teacher speaks with Kehinde Adegboyega on challenges facing them in commemoration of the United Nations’ ...

Advocacy efforts have been successful in creating awareness disabling misconceptions that drive demand for body parts of people with albinism. “My mother abandoned me when I was a baby.” This is the ...

Life had not been perfect but things were looking up. I was at a party with other Nigerians in London, chatting in Yoruba and pidgin. For a moment it felt like home and then it felt too much like home ...

Like so many of her classmates, Josina loves going to school. The eight-year-old sits in the front row, close to the blackboard, enjoys learning her alphabet and math, and hanging out with her best ...

Albinism is the absence of melanin is the body which causes lack of pigment to the skin, hair and eyesPexels Every year, International Albinism Awareness Day is observed on June 13. This day is ...

Mr Jake Epelle, Founder of the Albino Foundation, has appealed to Nigerians and Africans to stop killing people living with albinism for ritual proposes. Epelle made the appeal when he featured on the ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A glittering crown on her head and a bouquet of flowers in her hands, Andreia Solange Sicato Muhitu beamed at being named the co-winner of the the inaugural Mr. and Miss ...