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Senegal arrests three over babies’ deaths in hospital blaze

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Senegalese police have made their first arrests in connection with a hospital fire in which 11 babies died, According to trade union sources on Monday. Last week, a fire broke out in a neonatal ward in the western town of Tivaouane. Even before the 11 tiny bodies were buried, President Macky Sall fired his health … Read more

Eleven newborn babies dies in Senegal hospital fire

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Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Tivaouane, Senegal’s western city, late Wednesday, according to President Macky Sall. “I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire at the neonatal department of the public hospital,” Sall posted just before midnight on Twitter (0000 GMT). He … Read more