In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness. His wife, in her 70s, sits nearby, her body covered in scars beneath her ...

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.

Using AI and satellite imaging, scientists found that 5,644 hectares of mangrove forests are lost annually in the Niger Delta ...

Speaking at a media briefing in Lagos at the weekend, Project Consultant Itiako Ikpokpo emphasised that the festival is ...

Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

Freshwater, essential for ecosystems and human well-being, is becoming increasingly scarce. Population growth, urbanisation ...

Isama, a Civil War veteran who was the Chief of Staff of the 3 Marine Commando Division (3MCDO) of the Nigerian Army ...

Niger just announced its elimination of river blindness. In 1976, the disease had a prevalence rate in the country of 60%.

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. Niger is "the fifth ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.