Mali woman gives birth to nine babies Reuters/Bamako People walk past a hospital in the Mali capital Bamako. Photo: AFP Newborns, five girls and four boys, and the mother are all doing well. A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday - two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb - joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets. The pregnancy of Halima Cisse, 25, has fascinated the West African nation and attracted the attention of its leaders. When doctors in March said Cisse needed specialist care, authorities flew her to Morocco, where she gave birth.