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

A 171-mile road project in a landlocked country in Africa is set to improve transport connections and provide a much-needed ...

Niger’s military authorities have announced plans to hold a major conference on the country’s transition to democracy. This ...

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

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

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

The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to leave the country. The regime, which ...

Visual impairment, blindness, and severe itching have become exceptionally rare. Niger is now the first country on the continent to eliminate the transmission of the disease, an incredible ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the parasitic infection. Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also ...

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