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

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...

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

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.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Strained relations between Abuja and Niamey have disrupted joint military patrols and allowed the armed group to expand.

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 98, the country’s emergency response ...

The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response ...

Dublin, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Niger Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report provides an executive-level ...