Lesotho: The small African country with the world’s highest suicide rate

A look at Lesotho, where more people take their own lives than anywhere else in the world.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS ElectionUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersThe small African country with the world's highest suicide rateBBCIt is a steep climb from the main road to 79-year-old Matlohang Moloi's home, through the mountains that make Lesotho one of the highest countries in the world.

The mother of 10 welcomes me to her neat house, showing me photos of her large family. I am here to talk about one of her children - her firstborn son, Tlohang.

At 38 he became part of a grim statistic. Lesotho, the kingdom in the sky, is home to the world's highest suicide rate.

"Tlohang was a good son. He had told me about his mental health struggles," Ms Moloi says.

"Even that day he took his own life, he came to me and said 'mother, one day you will hear that I have taken my life'.

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