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Tanzanian woman reunites with her sister after 20 years

Tanzanian sisters Halima and Mbuva Shabani at Narok County Hospital.Halima has been missing for the last 20 years after fleeing their home at Mpapati in Tanzania. [PHOTO:ROBERT KIPLAGAT/STANDARD]

The sight of two women clinging to each other on a hospital bed might not be uncommon, especially when one looks emaciated and the other healthy.

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