Photos show the effects on students of a school in Nigeria after losing US aid

Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School study during break time, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School study during break time, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Ramatu Usman, who was dropped by the school of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation poses for a photo at a desk inside her former class, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Ramatu Usman, who was dropped by the school of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation poses for a photo at a desk inside her former class, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Israel Peter, who fled his village following an attack by Boko Haram Islamic extremists, waits to be interviewed by The Associated Press, at the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Israel Peter, who fled his village following an attack by Boko Haram Islamic extremists, waits to be interviewed by The Associated Press, at the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School pose for a photo, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School pose for a photo, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School take a terminal exam, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School take a terminal exam, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Ramatu Usman, a student who was dropped by the school, left and her mother Hajara Musa, walk past the school of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Ramatu Usman, a student who was dropped by the school, left and her mother Hajara Musa, walk past the school of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School play soccer during break time, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School play soccer during break time, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School gesture as they watch a soccer game during break time, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School gesture as they watch a soccer game during break time, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Israel Peter, who fled his village following an attack by Boko Haram Islamic extremists, right and Ramatu Usman, a student who was dropped from the school, pose for a photo, at the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Israel Peter, who fled his village following an attack by Boko Haram Islamic extremists, right and Ramatu Usman, a student who was dropped from the school, pose for a photo, at the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School study for there exams in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School study for there exams in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School perform a traditional dance, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Students of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School perform a traditional dance, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — The disappearance of U.S. aid in Nigeria’s northeast has threatened a school that supports children who are victims of Boko Haram extremists.

Boko Haram, which since 2009 has sought to establish Islamic law in the conflict-battered region, forbids Western education and first rose to global prominence in 2014 after its mass abduction of students in the Chibok village.

The Associated Press visited the region to document how U.S. funding cuts has resulted in up to 700 students and 20 teachers being let go by an essential school that benefitted from such support.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

 

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