The deputy speaker of the Gambia’s National Assembly on Friday visited Kigali Genocide Memorial seven years after nearly plunging his tiny West African country into a civil war. Deputy speaker Seedy SK Njie almost sparked a bloody political conflict in 2016 when he announced that former President Jammeh was not[Read More…]
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Gambia Says Child Deaths Linked To Cough Syrup Have Risen To 70
Gambia’s government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69. President Adama Barrow gave the update at an emergency cabinet meeting which he convened on Thursday to discuss[Read More…]
India Tells Gambia It Is Probing Childrens’ Deaths Linked To India-Made Drugs
New Delhi is “seriously investigating” the deaths of 69 children in Gambia in the wake of a report that provisionally linked the fatalities to Indian-made products, the South Asian nation’s foreign minister told his Gambian counterpart on Thursday. Indian health authorities announced a production halt at domestic company Maiden Pharmaceuticals’s[Read More…]
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