In Nigeria, the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, has warned healthcare providers and the public against the use of four substandard cough syrups linked to the death of 66 children in Gambia.  Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye raised…

The Gambia police have uncovered that Atlantic Pharmaceuticals Company, imported contaminated syrup linked to the death of 69 children The police preliminary investigation indicates that the pharmaceutical company ordered 50,000 bottles of contaminated baby syrups from India Our Banjul correspondent…

Some select staff of the Public Account Committee of the Liberian Parliament have commenced a 10-day training at the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, an outpost of Nigeria's legislative assembly. The training among other things is targeted…

Ghana’s annual inflation rate was 37.2% in September, the nation’s statistics agency said, as it announced changes to the way it calculates the data.  The Ghana statistical service has shifted the reference year to 2021, from 2018, and will update…

The Indian government has suspended with immediate effect the production of contaminated cough and cold syrups linked to the deaths of at least sixty-nine children in The Gambia. Health authorities in India said on Wednesday that they had ordered the…

Authorities say they are intensifying surveillance to prevent the importation into the country of cough syrups linked to the deaths of 69 children in The Gambia. Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the medicines…

France has reiterated its commitment to assist Niger Republic in three key priority areas namely water supply, education and the Great green wall project. The new French Ambassador to Niger, Mr Sylvain Itté, gave this reassurance during a news conference…

Officials in Nigeria say at least 500 people have been killed and 1.4 million displaced in the worst flooding in a decade. Officials say floods have affected nearly all of Nigeria's states and 90,000 homes have been partially or completely…