After narrow escape from violence, Cameroon refugee gives birth to triplets

Fatime Eliane, 32, a Cameroonian woman, who fled deadly intercommunal violence in-between Arab Choa herders and Mousgoum and Massa farming communities, holds her newly born triplets as she sits at the refugee camp on the outskirts of N'djamena, Chad January 14, 2022. Picture taken January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Mahamat Ramadane

Heavily pregnant Fatime Eliane journeyed for three days by foot and dugout canoe last month to flee violence in northern Cameroon between herders, farmers and fishermen.

Upon arriving in neighbouring Chad, an equally daunting test awaited her. Three weeks later, the 32-year-old mother of seven gave birth to triplets in a hospital in the capital N'Djamena.