Namibia: Baby Dumping and Infanticide - Time to Take Stock

17 August 2010

Windhoek — The causes and effects of baby dumping and infanticide have an extremely negative and widening effect on society. Efforts to understand and deal with this in a more holistic manner are called for.

Last week the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court found 18-year-old Martha Shilongo guilty of attempted murder for dumping her newborn baby in a pit latrine.

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