The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

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

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is spread by infected blackflies in rural areas along rivers ...

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

HH Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen Heroes ...

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.

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...