Africa: Suicidal Tendencies Among Ivorian Youth

Although there are no official statistics for the rate of suicide in the Ivory Coast, the phenomenon has increasingly been making newspaper headlines. Allo Police, an Ivorian newsweekly, recently published a number of stories about suicide. In most cases, the stories share striking similarities.

Martin Abo, a 24-year-old student from Abidjan, recently attempted to take his own life as an expression of anger towards his family. He described wanting to leave a world in which he felt he was misunderstood. But his attempt at suicide was unsuccessful. E.K, a hairdresser in Abidjan's Marcory district, shares a similar story.

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