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Grief and outrage in Gambia over cough syrup deaths
Grief and outrage in Gambia over cough syrup deaths
World
by  AFP

When Wuri Bailo Keita's two-year-old daughter Fatoumatta developed a fever, he took her to hospital where she was diagnosed with malaria and sent home with a prescription for a paracetamol syrup. The Gambian health authorities, after launching their own investigation in July, on September 23 ordered a recall of all medicines containing paracetamol or promethazine syrup.

Tunisia 'rescues' 194 migrants: coastguard
Tunisia 'rescues' 194 migrants: coastguard
Africa
by  AFP

Tunisian authorities intercepted nearly 200 migrants attempting to reach Europe northwards across the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend, the defence ministry said Tuesday. "Coast guard patrols rescued 194 illegal migrants (118 Tunisians and 76 of other African nationalities) over the weekend," it said in a statement.