Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- Janet Terkimbir's voice trembled as she recalled a harrowing night in May 2025, when labour pains tore through her body.

Eight months pregnant and living in the crowded Agagbe IDP camp, she crawled across the dusty floor of the mud-walled shelter, clutching her belly and gasping for breath.

Other women rushed to her side, trying to offer comfort, but there was little anyone could do. No hospital was within her reach, no doctor, no trained midwife.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a humanitarian organisation that once provided minimal assistance, had long since withdrawn.

Before dawn, Ms Terkimbir was soaked in sweat and weak from exhaustion. Her labour stretched into the morning, and the pain became unbearable. When...