The ruling military junta of Niger Republic has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, to immediately ...

Tanker explosions have claimed hundreds of lives between January 2010 and January 2025Investigations also show that dozens of ...

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

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

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) on Thursday verified that Niger has met the criteria for eliminating transmission of a parasite that causes blindness, making it the fifth country globally and ...

Niger has "terminated its agreements" with the ICRC and some foreign staff have started to leave the West African country.

Niger is recognised as the fifth country in the world ... and induce intense inflammatory responses when they die. Infected people may show symptoms such as severe itching and various skin ...

Geneva — 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 ...