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

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

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

Niger has made history as the first African country to eliminate the transmission of river blindness, according to verification by the World Health Organization (WHO).This milestone was achieved ...

The capital Niamey is located in Niger's southwest corner along the namesake Niger River. As a whole, Niger’s infrastructure is challenged by poor road conditions, limited access to power and ...

Today’s announcement reflects decades of effort and persistence by the government and people of Niger to bring an end to river blindness, and is a tangible step towards a healthier future. The UAE is ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

Five years later, in Cairo after many wanderings that had taken him to Mecca and Medina, he was finally ready to explore the Niger River. But in a short life already packed with adventure ...

CONNOR: Wow! Ah, we made it to the very start, the source, of the famous River Tay. ISLA: Follow it to the end, we’ll be in Dundee! Look at the map. Rivers usually start somewhere high up ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...