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Photos show Nigeria’s maternal crisis as militants return and US aid dries up

KONDUGA, Nigeria (AP) — In Nigeria, more women die giving birth than anywhere else in the world. In the country’s northeast, the risks are rising as Boko Haram resurges and U.S. foreign aid dries up.
Sunday Alamba, The Associated Press
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Aisha Muhammed, a 25-year-old woman, left, who had eclampsia, plays with one of her twins at her house in Konduga, in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

KONDUGA, Nigeria (AP) — In Nigeria, more women die giving birth than anywhere else in the world. In the country’s northeast, the risks are rising as Boko Haram resurges and U.S. foreign aid dries up. Chronic underfunding leaves Africa’s most populous nation with one of the world’s deadliest maternal mortality rates.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Sunday Alamba, The Associated Press

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