Halima Cisse, 25, was expected to have seven babies, but health officials said ultrasound tests lost two of her siblings.
According to the Mali government, a Malian woman has given birth to nine babies, joining a small group of mothers of non-couples.
The pregnancy of 25-year-old Halima Cisse fascinated the country and attracted the attention of its leaders. When doctors said in March that Cisse needed specialized care, authorities took her to Morocco, where she gave birth to five girls and four boys by cesarean section on Tuesday.
“The newborns (five girls and four boys) and the mother are doing well,” Mali Health Minister Fanta Siby said in a statement, adding that they should return home in several weeks.
Siby congratulated “the medical teams of Mali and Morocco, whose professionalism is the source of the good result of this pregnancy.”
Cisse was expected to give birth to seven-year-olds (seven babies), according to ultrasounds performed in Morocco and Mali that lost two of the babies.
Cases of women who successfully carry septuplets out are uncommon and, although not, are rarer.
Moroccan authorities have not yet confirmed what would be an extremely rare case. Health ministry spokesman Rachid Koudhari said he was unaware of such a multiple birth in one of the country’s hospitals, according to the AFP news agency.
