World’s First Surviving Nonuplets Return to Mali After Year in Morocco

Born on May 4, 2021 by Caesarean section at the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, the nine Malian babies who came into the world prematurely are now in good health. Their mother Halima Cissé is also doing well. All of this was made possible thanks to the mobilization of several doctors in Mali, the Malian authorities and the medical team of the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca. The mother thought she was expecting seven children, but there were two more, reports RFI.

The nine babies have been monitored daily, as well as their mother, by a medical team at the clinic and in the convalescence residence. Before the birth of the nonuplets, the parents already had a daughter who remained in Timbuktu and who is impatient to finally meet her brothers and sisters.

The trip, barring last-minute changes, is scheduled for this Monday evening. Emotion is assured, especially on the part of Halima Cissé, who says she is grateful for her children who were able to be saved thanks to the professionalism of the medical staff caring for them. Even if the separation will be difficult, the mother is happy to return to Timbuktu. The nonuplets and their parents received the Guinness Book of Records team and a certificate in Casablanca on Friday.