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Gambia Police uncover company importing killer syrups

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…

Liberian lawmakers commence training in Nigeria

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 consumer inflation hits new high of 37.2%

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…

UN concerned about human rights in Burkina Faso

In Burkina Faso, the United Nations has expressed serious concern about the military's decision to suspend the activities of political parties after a second coup in Burkina Faso in the space of eight months. Captain Ibrahim Traore took power, forcing…

Calls grow for reforms of Ghana’s education sector

Calls have been made for Ghana’s government to decentralize challenges bedeviling the development of the girl child.  The call follows startling revelations that over two hundred thousand girls do not attend school.  Correspondent Eric Mawuena Egbeta reports…