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Senegal hospital fire: 11 newborn babies die in Tivaouane

Eleven newborn babies have died in a hospital fire in the Senegalese town of Tivaouane, according to officials, with the tragedy sparking anger and calls for accountability.

“I have just learned with pain and consternation the death of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred in the neonatology department of the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane,” President Macky Sall said in a tweet on Thursday, without giving further details about the blaze.

“To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy,” added Sall, who is on a state visit to Angola.

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