Uganda
Woman gives birth to twins at age 70
Medical sensation in Uganda: A 70-year-old woman gave birth to twins in the capital Kampala. This makes her the oldest mother in Africa.
Doctor: “extraordinary performance”
“I don’t know how to express my joy right now,” Namukwaya, who lives in the rural Masaka region about 120 kilometers west of Kampala, told AFP by telephone. At her age, she was no longer expected to “get pregnant and give birth to a child or take care of a baby,” she said. The twins are therefore a “miracle” for her. Her doctor spoke of an “extraordinary performance”.
Namukwaya said she gave birth to a baby girl back in 2020 – after previously being unable to have children and being vilified as a “cursed woman”.