Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the president of the country said late Wednesday. "I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire at the neonatal department of the public hospital," Macky Sall tweeted. "To their mothers and their families, I express my deepest sympathy," Sall added. The tragedy occurred at Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in the transport hub of Tivaouane, and was caused by "a short circuit", according to Senegalese politician Diop Sy. "The fire spread very quickly," he said. The city's mayor Demba Diop said "three babies were saved". According to local media, the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital was newly inaugurated. Health minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, who was in Geneva attending a meeting with the World Health Organization, said he would return to Senegal immediately. "This situation is very unfortunate and extremely painful," he said on radio. "An investigation is under way to see what happened." The tragedy in Tivaouane comes after several other incidents at public health facilities in Senegal, where there is great disparity between urban and...