Tag Archives: Suicide
New Delhi (CNN) — One of the men accused of gang raping and fatally beating a woman on a New Delhi bus was found dead in his jail cell Monday. Police say Ram Singh hanged himself. But his lawyer and … read more »
Kuwait city: In a very strange incident, an Ethiopian housemaid who had escaped from the home of her sponsor three days ago, has returned but she had a story to tell – that she had aborted her fetus and dumped … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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KUWAIT CITY, An Ethiopian housemaid committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope from the ceiling of her room inside the house of her sponsor in Taima. Reportedly, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about an … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ceiling, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Maid, Ethiopian Maid hangs, Ethiopian Maid hangs herself to death in Kuwait, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Facebook, Hanging, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Maid, news ethiopia, Operations room, Suicide, Taima
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An Ethiopian domestic worker committed suicide in Kuwait inside an Ali Sabah Al-Salem house recently, according to preliminary investigations. The Ethiopian woman was reportedly found hanging inside the kitchen, according to her employer who called the police. Investigators believe that the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Death, Domestic worker, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Maid, ethiopian news, ethiopian Suicide, Incidents, IndepthAfrica, Kuwait, Kuwait City, Sponsor (commercial), Suicide
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A cheating Nigerian-born GP who led a double life with two women for seven years and promised to marry both of them one month apart hanged himself when his secret was exposed, an inquest heard. Dr Festus Ojagbemi, 49, known … read more »
A despondent maid in Dubai who was fired from her job after complaining about the lack of pay tried to commit suicide — only to be arrested and fined by police, according to reports. The desperate act by the 24-year-old … read more »
Alem Dechasa, an Ethiopian migrant, was beaten in the streets of Beirut by men who allegedly worked for the company that recruited her in Lebanon. Later she was found dead in hospital, having apparently killed herself. Alem’s partner, Lemesa Ejeta, … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alem Dechasa, Beirut, Domestic worker, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Lebanon, Middle East, Migrant worker, Suicide
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Trawling through film archives for a BBC documentary she was making about gay footballers, Amal Fashanu discovered the ‘dark secret’ that overshadowed her family for more than two decades. She learned that her uncle, Justin Fashanu – Britain’s first £1 million … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged bbc, Brian Clough, Britain, Brunel University, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Fashanu, Justin Fashanu, London, Suicide
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Abuja – Nigerian police say they no longer believe an attack last week on police headquarters was a suicide bomb. National police spokesperson Olusola Amore distributed a statement at a press conference Wednesday “correcting the report about the fact that … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Faribault – Freedom of speech is no defence for a former nurse who engaged in “lethal advocacy” when he encouraged a British man and a Canadian woman to kill themselves after searching for depressed people over the internet, a Minnesota … read more »
February 26, 2011 by benim
Mbabane – A Facebook group is calling for the overthrow of Swaziland’s king, Africa’s last remaining absolute monarch, through protests inspired by the revolutions in Tunisia and Lybia. Known as “The April 12 Uprising!!!” it promises, “all hell will break … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Southern Africa, Swaziland
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Egypt, Embassies and Consulates, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, lybia, Mbabane, Mswati III of Swaziland, News local news, Politics, Social Issues, Suicide, Swazi people, Swaziland, tragedy, Tunisia, War Conflict, World news
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February 7, 2011 by benim
LAHORE, Pakistan — The wife of a Pakistani man shot and killed by a U.S. official committed suicide by eating rat poison Sunday, explaining before she died that she was driven to act by fears the American would be freed … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-Americanism, Faisalabad, Federal government of the United States, Lahore, Pakistan, Pakistan Shooting, Pakistan US Official, Pakistan US Official Shooting, Shumaila Kanwal, Shumaila Kanwal Dead, Shumaila Kanwal Dies, Shumaila Kanwal Suicide, Suicide, United States, World news
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December 31, 2010 by benim
Armed police watched helplessly as a mob stoned to death a Limpopo priest they believed had “bewitched” his young relative into committing suicide. Albert Shai, 65, of Rakoma village outside Tzaneen, was killed after a relative, 20-year-old Mohale Shai, apparently … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Death, Hollywood, IndepthAfrica, Murder, News local news, newspapers, Police officer, Pretoria News, Priest, Suicide, Tzaneen, World news
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November 18, 2010 by benim
Recently, we’ve been hearing a number of stories regarding teen suicides resulting from student bullying that involve LGBTQ youth and homophobia. This time, it was a 14-year-old girl harassed over her allegation of being raped by another student at Huron … read more »
Posted in Abuse, America
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Tagged abuse, aggression, Ann Arbor, behavior, Bullying, disasters-news, ethics, Huron High School, IndepthAfricaSamantha Kelly, Law Crime, michigan, old girl, persecution, Rape, Social Issues, Social psychology, Suicide, WJBK
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October 24, 2010 by benim
“I took off my hijab, and I threw it on the floor and my brother got really mad. It’s the worst thing I could have done to offend my religion, aside from burn or tear the Koran. “My mother, she … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East, Religion, Women
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Tagged Forced marriage, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Indepth Africa, LGBT, Maggie Gallagher, Marriage, Middle East, Religion and Spirituality, Suicide
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