“She threw it in the garbage”: A Congolese woman’s shocking act in Ouest-Foire

A 26-year-old Congolese student, identified by the initials B. O., was referred to the Dakar prosecutor’s office on charges of child suppression and desecration of a newborn’s corpse. On October 19, after giving birth outside a medical facility in Ouest-Foire, she told investigators that the baby was stillborn and that she had thrown it into a garbage collection truck. Searches at the waste drop-off point and the Mbeubeuss landfill did not find the body. After receiving medical care, she was taken into custody and brought before the prosecutor.