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The world’s only Niles – that is, nine children born at the same time – have been allowed to return home to Mali after a year and a half under medical supervision in Morocco, the BBC reports.
The birth in May 2021 broke the world record as the birth where the most children ever survived. There are occasional examples of nilings in modern times, but then several or all of the children have either been stillborn or died shortly after birth.
The children and their mother, 27-year-old Halima Cissé, were flown to Morocco for specialist care before the birth. The five girls and four boys were born by caesarean section at week 30 and then weighed between 500 and 1,000 grams.
Earlier this year, in connection with the Nilings’ first birthday, their father Abdelkader Arby told us that all nine children were doing well and that they all have their own unique personality.
– They all have different characters. Some are quiet while others make noise and cry more, he told the BBC.