Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire: WWF is joining with local and international partners to save Africa's third longest river. West Africa's Niger river connects four ecoregions of outstanding importance and some ...

The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in ...

Nigerian environmentalists on Tuesday condemned a government plan to resume oil production in the restive Ogoniland, ...

The Niger State Government has committed to supporting the Upper Niger River Basin Development Authority in achieving its goals. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago made this pledge during a meeting on ...

An ongoing oil spill at a wellhead and subsequent fire in Buguma community in Nigeria's coastal Rivers state has entered its fourth week, with no immediate action taken by authorities or operators to ...

Another possibility for bringing in goods is by river. While the land border with Benin is officially closed, some merchandise still crosses the Niger River separating the two countries -- although it ...