Four years after their birth, conjoined Senegalese twins are thriving By Chad Williams Share CAPE TOWN â In 2017, conjoined Sengalese twins Marieme and Ndeye Ndiaye werenât give much of a chance at life, but four years later, they have shown doctors what the true meaning of tenacity is after theyâve settled in perfectly at their new school in Cardiff in the United Kingdom. According to a report by the BBC, the twins were brought to the UK from Senegal in 2017 by their father Ibrahima for treatment at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. The conjoined twins who were expected to die within days when they were born, have separate hearts and spines but share a liver, bladder and digestive system, have conditions which put them at higher risk of complications from Covid-19.