As the world observes World Suicide Prevention Day, a mental health organisation, The Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI) in Nigeria is saying that the issue of suicide is complicated by outdated and punitive laws that criminalise attempted suicide.

They say this legal approach is not only ineffective but also counterproductive to the goals of mental health care and suicide prevention.

Every year, approximately 703 thousand people die by suicide globally.

According to the MHEI this illustrates its severity.  

To talk to us further on this issue, the founder of MHEI who is also the Convener of the Association of Mental Health Reform Organisations in Africa (AMHROA) network Ameh Zion Abba spoke to Aurelie Kalenga.

As the world observes World Suicide Prevention Day, a mental health organisation, The Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI) in Nigeria is saying that the issue of suicide is complicated by outdated and punitive laws that criminalise attempted suicide.
They say this legal approach is not only ineffective but also counterproductive to the goals of mental health care and suicide prevention.
Every year, approximately 703 thousand people die by suicide globally.
According to the MHEI this illustrates its severity.  
To talk to us further on this issue, the founder of MHEI who is also the Convener of the Association of Mental Health Reform Organisations in Africa (AMHROA) network Ameh Zion Abba spoke to Aurelie Kalenga.

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On the 'Round Up' wrap segment of the show is called the roundup wrap resident analyst Mighti Jamie, to talk to us about some of the stories highlighted earlier as well as throw forward to the week ahead..

On the 'Round Up' wrap segment of the show is called the roundup wrap resident analyst Mighti Jamie, to talk to us about some of the stories highlighted earlier as well as throw forward to the week ahead..

Round up wrap with political resident analyst Mighti Jamie

The first Sherpa and Finance Track meetings of the G20 under the Presidency of the United States will be held in Washington, D.C. over the next two days..And South Africa is not invited. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed this in a social media post. South Africa contends that it will not attend but insists that as a G20 member, it does not require an invitation to participate in the meetings of the group.Now to discuss this further is veteran US diplomat, Author, and Journalist, Brooks Spector

The first Sherpa and Finance Track meetings of the G20 under the Presidency of the United States will be held in Washington, D.C. over the next two days..And South Africa is not invited. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed this in a social media post. South Africa contends that it will not attend but insists that as a G20 member, it does not require an invitation to participate in the meetings of the group.Now to discuss this further is veteran US diplomat, Author, and Journalist, Brooks Spector

SA Absent as US Hosts First G20 Sherpa and Finance Track Meetings

The M23 rebels captured the city of Uvira in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo last week.The intensification of fighting in several territories in South Kivu occurred days after President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, signed a peace and economic agreement to put an end to the fighting in eastern Congo. The United Nations says the recent clashes resulted in a major humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 200,000 people and also led to the deaths of more than 400 and dozens of injuries. The strategic city of Uvira has been serving as the provincial capital of the mineral-rich province of South Kivu.Now to look at the humanitarian situation in the Eastern DRC Region we are joined by Will Harper : Deputy head of  MSF or Doctors Without Borders  mission in east DRC

The M23 rebels captured the city of Uvira in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo last week.The intensification of fighting in several territories in South Kivu occurred days after President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, signed a peace and economic agreement to put an end to the fighting in eastern Congo. The United Nations says the recent clashes resulted in a major humanitarian crisis, displacing more than 200,000 people and also led to the deaths of more than 400 and dozens of injuries. The strategic city of Uvira has been serving as the provincial capital of the mineral-rich province of South Kivu.Now to look at the humanitarian situation in the Eastern DRC Region we are joined by Will Harper : Deputy head of &nbsp;MSF or Doctors Without Borders &nbsp;mission in east DRC

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