BBC News Africa | The small country with the world's highest suicide rate - BBC Africa @BBCAfrica | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Lesotho, a small nation in Southern Africa, is know as the "kingdom in the sky", for its high altitutde and natural beauty. It is also at the peak of a grim statistic: a suicide rate ten times the global average - that's nine suicides per 100,000 people. The country with a population of 2,3 million has only one psychiatric unit. The reasons for the tragic tally vary, ranging from unemployment to sexual violence. A local NGO, @helplesotho, is trying to change the game by holding therapy sessions in several locations.

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