Gambia trial opens over children's cough syrup deaths

Some 70 children aged 5 and under died in 2022 after taking the over-the-counter medicines, leading to a national outcry in the West African nation of about 2.5 million people.

Ebrima Sanyang (C), 44, the chairperson of the grieving families leaves the High Court in Banjul on October 24, 2023. (AFP)