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

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

The Nigerian government has signed agreements with Algeria and the Republic of Niger to advance the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) ...

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 ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

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 ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the country. The move leaves nongovernmental groups throughout West Africa ...

Authorities Should Immediately Release Mohamed Bazoum, Other Political DetaineesNiger's junta has detained former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife at the presidential palace in the ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

Blocks offer divergent risk profiles — one hosting gas prospects near infrastructure, the other hosting structures similar to ...

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...