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Senegal hospital fire: 11 newborn babies die in Tivaouane

Al Jazeera, 27 May 2022
Senegal's health minister has been sacked after a hospital fire killed eleven newborn babies.
And three days of national mourning has been declared.
An electrical short circuit is being blamed for the blaze.
Al Jazeera's @Nicolas Haque reports from Tivaouane, Senegal.

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