(ANSA) - Rome, December 21 - Two conjoined twins from Burundi are now able to look each other in the face thanks to an operation to separate them at Rome's Bambino Gesù hospital.

The seven-month-old sisters, Francine and Adrienne, were joined at the back.

A total of 25 people split into four teams alternated with each other to separate them in a 12-hour operation at the Vatican-owned hospital on November 30.

