Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were “very likely” to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters. At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died[Read More…]
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Uruguay Tops Gambia At Under-20 World Cup, Plays US In Quarterfinals
Anderson Duarte’s strike from the edge of the penalty area put Uruguay through to the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 win against Gambia on Thursday. Uruguay plays the United States in the last eight on Sunday. Both teams lost players to red cards in the hard-fought match in[Read More…]
Senegal Presidential Aspirant Sonko Sentenced To Prison, Sparking Protests
Fresh unrest hit Senegal’s capital Dakar on Thursday after a court sentenced a leading opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, to two years in jail for corrupting youth, undermining his chances of running for president next year. Sonko, 48, was accused of raping a woman who worked in a massage parlour in[Read More…]