<p>BAMAKO, Mali — A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven, Mali’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday. </p>
<p>The 25-year-old Halima Cisse gave birth to the babies via Caesarean section on Tuesday in Morocco after being sent there for special care, the ministry announced. </p>
<p>“The newborns (five girls and four boys) and the mother are all doing well,” Mali’s health minister said in a statement.</p>
<p>Cisse had been expecting seven babies. Malian doctors, under government orders, sent Cisse to Morocco for the births because there wasn’t adequate equipment to deal with this extremely rare pregnancy. </p>
<p>The private Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, where she was treated, confirmed she gave birth there. </p>
