A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had previously discovered during the scans.

Halima Cisse gave birth to children in Morocco. The Government of Mali sent him to this state for more special care.

The five girls and four boys were born by caesarean section and were doing well, Mali’s health minister said.

It is extremely rare to give birth to 9 children and complications during and after birth often mean that some of the babies do not survive.