The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has threatened to withdraw from its mediation efforts in Rivers state because of the ...

River blindness – or onchocerciasis – is a tropical disease which causes itchiness, skin damage, and eventually blindness. It affects millions of people across Africa.

Africa is a beautiful continent ... contribute to its ecological and economic significance. The Niger River, which spans 2,600 miles (4,180 kilometers), starts near the Atlantic Ocean, travels ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness ... is 'the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission ...

Fringing the delta of the Niger River, local mangrove forests are essential to biodiversity and the survival of local communities. In Nigeria, scientists, activists and lawyers are joining forces ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

Niger lies in a region of West Africa known as the Sahel. This area has been afflicted with numerous coups in recent years that have made it the "longest corridor of military rule on Earth," The ...

since he first entered the business in 2001 and continuing even after Niger’s government made it illegal in 2015. The flow of travelers has not stopped, and it will not stop. West Africa’s ...

[Courtesy] Niger became the first African country ... of nearly fifty years of collaboration in West Africa to control or eliminate river blindness. According to a press release by The End Fund ...