Campaigners are pushing ahead with plan to amplify calls for justice for the 69 children who died of acute kidney injury (AKI) as the Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, refuses to throw in the towel. “As a campaign, we are a group of sovereign citizens who are determined[Read More…]
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Candlelighters Call For Justice For The ‘Gambian 66’
Candlelighters converged Friday night on Westfield Junction, Serrekunda, to hold a vigil and prayers for the loss of 66 young lives due to acute kidney injuries (AKI). “As young people, it is time that we get up and stand up,” activist Neneh Freda Gomez told a group of ‘patriotic Gambians’[Read More…]
AKI – ‘Police Launches Probe’
Police in The Gambia have opened an investigation into the surge in acute kidney injuries likely linked to a paracetamol syrup that killed dozens of children in past months. A probe was launched last month after doctors in July noticed that a number of children developed symptoms after taking a[Read More…]