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

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the efforts of Niger, a country in West Africa ... adding that these streams are usually located close to remote villages near fertile land where ...

Less than a third of Niger's vast territory has internet access, so the west African country is betting on satellite ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso DAKAR, Senegal -- An ambush by ...

The Patriotic Liberation Front (FPL) leader, Mahmoud Sallah, was arrested in the Gatroun district in Libya, the BBC Hausa ...

Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been ... a black fly that breeds near fast-flowing rivers. According to WHO, river ...

The three countries have vowed to strengthen their ... Ten soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an attack near Niger’s border with Burkina Faso last December, the army said.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said.

Niger is “the fifth country globally and the first country ... is spread to humans via the bite of a black fly, mainly found near rivers, that is infected with the parasitic worm.