Somaliland Times, Issue 30, pt.2, Aug.10, 2002

Somaliland Woman Gives Birth To Triplets

A Somaliland woman called Fadumo Awad Axmed gave birth to 3 children on the night of July 6, 2002, in southwest of Hargeisa. The 3 children, two girls and a boy and their mother are living in destitute conditions. The triplets were born to a very poor family. The father is unemployed and the mother is already suffering from blood anemia.
According to a health official, the 3 newly born are also malnourished.
Fadumo had previously given birth to 7 children, of whom only four are still alive.