Seventy-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins

A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following in vitro fertilization (ivf) treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said.

Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at a fertility centre in the capital, Kampala.

Ms Namukwaya, who is is one of the oldest women to give birth, told local media it was a “miracle“.

The hospital congratulated her, saying it is more than a “medical success; it’s about the strength and resilience of the human spirit”.

“We’ve achieved the extraordinary – delivering twins to Africa’s oldest mother aged 70!” the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre (WHI&FC) posted on its Facebook page.