Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

Nigeria has signed new contracts with its West African neoughour, Niger Republic, and North African partner, Algeria, ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

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The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

African countries are working together to create larger markets and benefit from economies of scale. In the energy sector, ...

The National Council on Climate Change Secretariat (NCCCS) and environmental stakeholders in the Niger Delta Region have ...

Now a potential restart of oil production Ogoniland region in southern Nigeria, where Shell halted its operations in 1993 ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

It has also impeded the economic development of affected communities, driving people away from rivers, which are often lifelines for livelihoods,” says Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for ...

in Africa and Yemen. By eliminating river blindness, Niger has created an estimated USD$2.3 billion in economic benefits. The country added more than 17.8 billion working hours as families with river ...