Barely five days after the Medicines Control Agency (MCA) Regulatory Officer, Tijan Jallow, made headlines by disrupting assumptions about Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), victims have Friday lambasted the agency for blaming floods as the source of poisoning. Grappling with difficult emotions, AKI victims spokesperson, Ebrima E.F.Saidy, told journalists that he[Read More…]
Human Rights
Historic Senegal Fishmeal Factory Lawsuit Dismissed
A court in Senegal has dismissed a lawsuit by a fishermen’s collective against a fishmeal factory they had accused of polluting their village and destroying their livelihoods. Dozens of people filtered into the Thies courthouse Thursday to hear the judge’s decision. The lawsuit, filed by the Taxawu Cayar Collective against[Read More…]
US Embassy Commits To Widen Consultation On Proposed Relocation Site
As US Embassy is facing a backlash over plans to build a permanent diplomatic mission in ‘protected area’, Media Coordinator, Fatoumata Ceesay, has clarified the position of the embassy over a matter that continues to generate headlines. “The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is the start of a process, not the[Read More…]
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