Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

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.

which required ferrying animals across the Nile River. In Niger, an assessment of the country’s potential habitats determined the safest place to park a second population of West African ...