Incidences of attacks on albinos are on the rise in Africa, and are blamed on a growing demand from political hopefuls, who use their body parts in black magic rituals, believing this will boost their chances of winning the elections, a United Nations human rights expert reportedly says. News24 reports that the United Nations expert said that the attacks on albinos, whose body parts are highly valued in witchcraft and can fetch high prices, have been reported in six countries in the southern and east Africa since August. A young albino woman’s body was found in a shallow grave with most body parts an skin missing. In Kenya, a 56 year-old albino man died after some of his body parts were chopped off in an attack, the UN said. “Persons with albinism are amongst the most vulnerable persons in the region,” Ikponwosa Ero, the UN’s first human rights expert on albinism, said in a statement. “Today, their woe has been compounded by a constant fear of attacks by people – including family members – who value their body parts more than their life. Witch doctors are reportedly willing to pay as much as $75,000 for a full set of body parts according to a red Cross report. They then use them to make spells believed to bring good luck, luck and wealth. In March, the UN warned that 2015 could be a dangerous years for the albinos in Tanzania as politicians could possibly turn to witchcraft to boost their chances of wining elections in various capacities. At least 75 albinos have been killed in Tanzania since 2000 according to UN figures, many of whom were hacked to death. It is said that some people believe that the albino limbs are more potent if the victims scream during amputation, according to a 2013 UN report. Albinism is a congenital disorder affecting about one in 20 000 people worldwide who lack pigment in their skin, hair and eyes. It is more common in sub-Saharan Africa and affects about one Tanzanian in 1 400.