Tag Archives: Mentally

Residents of Abia State, Nigeria rushed to help a mentally ill woman who gave birth by the roadside. The woman self-delivered what witnesses said was a bouncing baby boy and wrapped him in a sheet she was sleeping on. The new mother, who was concerned with cleaning the mess after her childbirth, …

A spate of cases in which people have been rescued after being locked up for many years by their families has shocked Nigerians, and shone a spotlight on both parental neglect and the lack of mental health provision. Some adults, said to be mentally ill, were found with iron chains …

A Lupane villager who took advantage of and raped a mentally challenged teenage girl with whom he was herding cattle, has been jailed for 16 years. Hwange regional magistrate Collet Ncube said Jonathan Sibanda, aged 37, of Mateteni village under Chief Mabhikwa took advantage of the girl’s condition when he …