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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sunday Alamba

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

Nigeria Dying Mothers - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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.

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