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.

Press Release - The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Mali increase access to drinking water and improve the conservation of ...

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 ...

Finally, PASEMa will support the development of perimeters to protect water sources located in the Niger and Senegal River basins and supplying the selected cities. “PASEMa will make it possible to ...

The Khar Yallah district, located in the Saint-Louis department, has been severely affected by the flooding of the Senegal River, causing widespread inundations and displacing many families.