Shame kills What drives mothers to murder their babies?

Mbeubeuss is one of the biggest rubbish tips in Africa and Senegal’s largest open cemetery for murdered children. In the past three years, the bodies of 32 infants have been recovered from the site by the waste-pickers who work there.

Looking at the high rate of infanticide in Senegal, it seems the main reasons are shame about pregnancy outside marriage and a loss of traditional support for young women.

Religious conservatism, economic hardship and a lack of access to contraception