A mother has been reunited with her baby after the hospital she gave birth in detained the child over her unpaid medical bills.
The Gabonese private clinic just north of the capital Libreville finally handed over baby Angel after a five month wait.
The clinic director had held the baby in an attempt to try to force the mother to pay the bill of two million CFA ($3,628; £2,612).
BBC Afrique correspondent Charles Stephan Mavoungou reports that the clinic's director was arrested on Monday and freed after 24 hours.
A campaign was started to raise money to help the family and even President Ali Bongo contributed.
The mother, Sonia Okome, told our correspondent that she is happy but cannot breastfeed her daughter because, after being separated for five months, she has stopped producing milk.
She also complained that the baby has not had any vaccines.
