Halima Cissé, the mother whose nine babies arrived in one go, has spoken of her struggles to cope with the record-breaking brood of five daughters and four sons who are now 12 months old.
The Guinness World Record nonuplets celebrated their first birthday last month. The father, who is an officer in the Malian army shares how his wife managed to take care of their babies from weighing less than a kilo (2 lbs) to healthy one-year-olds now.
The birth of Mali’s nonuplets – nine babies born at the same time – was such an unusual event that some believed it was a hoax. But as they marked their first birthday this week they're all in good health…