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

Storyline: Many people in Niger have welcomed the country's departure from the Economic Community of West African States ...

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 ...

Niger has "terminated its agreements" with the ICRC and some foreign staff have started to leave the West African country.

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.

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the ...

"Niger's success ends this burden for its people. It also positions Niger as a model for the elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa. The country previously demonstrated its ...

DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the transmission of onchocerciasis ...

Niger is recognised as the fifth country in the world ... and induce intense inflammatory responses when they die. Infected people may show symptoms such as severe itching and various skin ...

Geneva — The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first ...