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)
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. 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.
A view of a ward in a government hospital in Konduga, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Women waits to be attended to at a facility run by aid group International Rescue Committee, in Magumeri, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Aisha Muhammed, a 25-year-old woman, who had eclampsia, is interviewed at her house at her house in Konduga, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Falmata Muhammed, who once lost her pregnancy, arrives for a checkup at a facility run by aid group International Rescue Committee, in Magumeri, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Cars are parked at the entrance of a government hospital in Konduga, northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)A midwife checks a pregnant woman at a facility run by aid group International Rescue Committee, in Magumeri, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Surgical scissors and scalpels lye in fly-infested water at a government hospital in Konduga, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)A midwife checks a Falmata Muhammed’s blood pressure at a facility run by aid agency International Rescue Committee, in Magumeri, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Aisha Muhammed, a 25-year-old woman, who had eclampsia, is photographed at her house in Konduga, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Falmata Muhammed, who once lost her pregnancy, leaves after a checkup at a facility run by aid group International Rescue Committee, in Magumeri, in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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