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Police release e-fit of man found dead in wheel bay of Gatwick-bound plane

Detectives hope to identify man, whose body was found on a Tui flight from the Gambia on 7 December

The Guardian - UK

Gatwick Airport: Cops release image of man found dead in plane undercarriage from Gambia

A man's body was found in the undercarriage of an aircraft that landed at Gatwick Airport at 4am on December 7 last year. Now, police issued an e-fit image in a bid to identify him

Daily Mirror

Gambia hires US law firm to consider action on toxic Indian cough syrup, minister says

Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were "very likely" to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters.

Reuters

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Wolves join Chelsea and Crystal Palace in transfer race for Gambia starlet Adama Bojang

Teenage striker is currently thriving at the Under-20 World Cup in Argentina, with Premier League interest mounting

Evening Standard

England advances, France loses to Gambia at Under-20 World Cup

England reached the knockout stage of the Under-20 World Cup with a 3-2 win over Uruguay on May 25, living up to expectations as one of the title favourites at the tournament.

The Hindu

Chelsea plan to sign Under-20 World Cup wonderkid in Mauricio Pochettino welcome gift

Mauricio Pochettino is poised to become Chelsea's new manager at the end of this season and Todd Boehly hopes to have a gift waiting for the Argentine in the form of a new signing

Daily Mirror

Saudi Ship Carries Out Largest Evacuation Since Sudan Fighting Broke Out

A Saudi-flagged ship arrived Saturday at the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, carrying the largest number of evacuees since evacuations from Sudan kicked off. The Saudi-flagged ship “Amana” carried 20 Saudi citizens, as well as 1,866 nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from different nationalities, including: Thailand, Australia, Rwanda,…

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Indian cough syrup: mystery middleman may be new clue

An unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of more than 70 children in Gambia, a chemicals trader involved in the supply chain told Reuters.

Reuters

Avian flu outbreak in the Gambia threatens birds on East Atlantic Flyway

Hundreds of dead birds found in past three weeks as conservationists call for international funding to help stop the disease spreading on migration routes

The Guardian - UK

Switzerland indicts former Gambian minister for crimes against humanity

Switzerland's attorney general has filed an indictment against Gambia's former interior minister for crimes against humanity committed under former authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Chelsea join Nottingham Forest transfer race that has one major hurdle

Latest Nottingham Forest transfer news from NottinghamshireLive as Chelsea and Crystal Palace reportedly join Reds in race to sign Gambian teenager

Nottingham Post

Nottingham Forest and Tottenham linked star 'excited' by transfer reports

Latest Nottingham Forest news from NottinghamshireLive as the Reds are linked with Gambian star Adama Bojang

Nottingham Post

Children are dying. We need a worldwide medicines treaty to avoid further tragedies

Recent deaths linked to drugs made in India underline the need for a global framework for quality control and swift cross-border action when things go wrong

The Guardian - UK

Gambia appoints former civil service head as new vice president

Gambia's President Adama Barrow on Friday appointed a former head of civil service, Muhammad B. S. Jallow, to replace the West African country's late Vice President Badara Alieu Joof, the presidency said in a statement.

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Saudi Arabia Underscores Principles of Dialogue, Coexistence

The Saudi government reiterated on Tuesday the Kingdom’s stance that calls for spreading the principles of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence and shunning hatred and extremism. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Riyadh. The ministers reviewed the latest regional…

The Guardian - UK

Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia review – living lute songs of love and war

Stories of survival and self-expression suffuse this anthology exploring the ekonting, the three-string gourd instrument

Al Jazeera

Gambian vice president dies after ‘short illness’ in India

Joof was the fourth deputy to serve under President Barrow since his 2016 win against former strongman Yahya Jammeh.

Reuters

Gambian vice president dies of illness, president says

Gambia's Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday.

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Al Jazeera

Indonesia court hearing into children killed by toxic cough syrup

Some 200 children have died of acute kidney injury in Indonesia and cases also reported in The Gambia and Uzbekistan.

The Guardian - UK

Frances Foord obituary

Other lives: Midwife who spent 26 years in the Gambia before focusing on postnatal care in London

Zenger

Gambians Government Says Fugitive Soldier Who Backed Coup Plot Has Fled Abroad

The Gambian government is prosecuting several lower ranking members of the Gambian military for the crime.

Bangkok Post

Gateways for action on Myanmar crisis

The coup in Myanmar in 2021 brought back to power a junta-based regime and compounded grave violations, adding fuel to a recurrent crisis. A constructive gateway for action in December 2022 was thus the adoption of the UN Security Council (SC) Resolution 2669, the first substantive resolution highlighting urgently needed…

Reuters

Gambia charges eight soldiers over foiled coup

Gambia charged eight soldiers with treason and conspiracy on Friday for their role in a foiled coup last month, the government said in a statement.

Radio France Internationale

Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh bucks West Africa gender trend

The kora – a stringed instrument that combines the features of a lute and a harp – is traditionally reserved for men in West Africa, but that hasn't stopped British-Gambian artist Sona Jobarteh from carving out her own place alongside its greatest players.

Dynamite News

Cough Syrup Deaths: Congress Links Gambia Incident With Uzbekistan, BJP Hits Back

The death of 18 children in Uzbekistan allegedly after having cough syrup manufactured by an Indian pharmaceutical firm. Read on for details:

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