News24 | 'Distressed' baby born in Senegalese prison repatriated to family in the Eastern Cape

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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)

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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