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 ...

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 ...

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

Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With this landmark achievement, Niger ...

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

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

For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has called on the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) to prioritise ...