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Riyadh: separation of Tanzanian twins Laityness and Loveness

This dossier follows the separation surgery and medical follow-up of Laityness and Loveness in Riyadh, distinguishing the operative announcement from later outcomes.

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Saudi flag in an archive photograph.
Saudi flag, September 2022. Archive illustration; this photograph does not depict the event. — Meshari Alawfi / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — 22 septembre 2022, taille réduite.

Where things stand

On 30 October 2026, the Saudi programme announced the twins' separation after a fourteen-and-a-half-hour operation. Their long-term outcome is not established.

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Riyadh announces separation of Tanzanian twins after 14.5-hour surgery

The Saudi Conjoined Twins Programme announced on 30 October 2026 that Tanzanian twins Laityness and Loveness had been separated at King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital in Riyadh.

Saudi flag in an archive photograph.
Saudi flag, September 2022. Archive illustration; this photograph does not depict the event. — Meshari Alawfi / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — 22 septembre 2022, taille réduite.

According to medical team leader Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, the operation lasted fourteen and a half hours across nine stages. It involved 44 medical, nursing and technical staff.

The children, aged two years and two months, were joined at the pelvis and hips. The announced surgical outcome does not yet establish full recovery or their long-term condition.

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