One of the most polluted places in the world is located at the heart of the Niger Delta where decades of oil exploitation ...

River blindness – or onchocerciasis – is a tropical disease which causes itchiness, skin damage, and eventually blindness. It affects millions of people across Africa.

A 14-year-old girl, Elizabeth Peter, from Korokpa in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, has drowned in the ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

Canoeing, the primary mode of transportation on the Niger River, is a skill passed down through generations among the Gungawa. Virtually everyone, from the youngest to the oldest, can navigate the ...

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 ...

River Niger Black Mother follows the 4184kilometerlong River Niger from its source in Guinea through Mali Niger and Benin to Nigeria A passionate ode to the river the cultures that have arisen on ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).