A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies at once—after expecting seven, according to Mali’s Minister of Health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born. It appeared to be the first time on record that a woman had given birth to nine surviving babies at once. The five girls and four boys, and their mother, “are all doing well,” Mali’s health minister said in a statement. Halima Cisse, 25,  gave birth to the babies by cesarean section on May 4 in Morocco after being sent there for special care, Mali’s top health official announced. Associated Press reporters saw some of the babies wiggling their hands and feet inside incubators on May 5, in the private Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca. Medical staff checked their status regularly in the neonatal ward wallpapered with cartoon characters. Cisse had been expecting seven babies. Malian doctors, under government orders, sent her to …