A recent stark increase in suicide rates in Tanzania highlights a growing mental health crisis plaguing the society as young people experience bouts of toxic emotions that lead them to take their own lives, experts have warned.
Suicide mortality rates among people aged 15 to 29 have increased significantly in Tanzania during the past decade as people end their lives by hanging, poisoning, and shooting themselves, according to official data.
In 2016, more than 3,000 people killed themselves in Tanzania, placing the country fourth in Africa with the highest suicide rates.
As the world marks World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10, mental health experts in Tanzania have urged authorities to adopt effective suicide prevention strategies to rescue the younger generation.
According to her, the toxic mix of psychological problems due to social and economic woes could trigger a wave of suicides among young people who are still learning what life is about.
At a busy Sinza suburb in Dar es Salaam, local residents were shocked when 29-year-old Alex Korosso, an accountant with a local firm, killed his friend after an argument over a drink and shot himself in late July.
According to eyewitnesses, the visibly disturbed young man reached his decision after he was disappointed in his relationship.
Suicide mortality rates among people aged 15 to 29 have increased significantly in Tanzania during the past decade as people end their lives by hanging, poisoning, and shooting themselves, according to official data.
In 2016, more than 3,000 people killed themselves in Tanzania, placing the country fourth in Africa with the highest suicide rates.
As the world marks World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10, mental health experts in Tanzania have urged authorities to adopt effective suicide prevention strategies to rescue the younger generation.
According to her, the toxic mix of psychological problems due to social and economic woes could trigger a wave of suicides among young people who are still learning what life is about.
At a busy Sinza suburb in Dar es Salaam, local residents were shocked when 29-year-old Alex Korosso, an accountant with a local firm, killed his friend after an argument over a drink and shot himself in late July.
According to eyewitnesses, the visibly disturbed young man reached his decision after he was disappointed in his relationship.
