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Government officials have brought a baby to South Africa whose mother is serving a jail term in Senegal. (Jamie Grill/Getty Images)
A baby born to a South African woman incarcerated in a Senegalese prison has been brought home to be with their family.
The child's mother was arrested for drug trafficking in 2023, and the child was born in a Dakar prison shortly afterward.
In the care of the Department of Social Development's social workers, the child arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday.
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