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Nigeria's problem with mental health treatment

Nigerian mental health workers say more trained specialists are needed

Nigeria has very few trained psychiatrists and people suffering from mental health are put in centres that are ill-equipped or not adequately staffed. We hear from Dr Joyce Omoaregba, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist at the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Benin-City.

An investigation by a local TV station in Kenya revealing how lax policies have allowed food with high levels of a toxin called aflatoxin to be sold has sparked uproar over safety standards in the country. Felister Makini, Deputy Director-General Crops at Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Institute, tells us which brands have been banned and why.

Why has The Gambia opened a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice against Myanmar for committing genocide against Rohingya Muslims? We ask Attorney General, Abubakar Tambadou

(Photo: A child with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder holds his head by explaining the content of his drawings to the psychologist at the Lazare camp for internally displaced people. Credit: FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images)

23 minutes

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Mon 11 Nov 201915:06GMT

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  • Mon 11 Nov 201915:06GMT

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