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.

Environmental scientists have compiled the first list of wetlands in South Africa’s Addo Elephant Park. This will be useful to measure the effects of climate change.

The Amazon in the heart of South America and the Atlantic rainforests on the east coast of the continent are separated by hundreds of miles of dry forest and savanna that are too ...

Saybulu Toroge, 12, smiles during a lesson with classmates at Naserian Osupuko Primary School in Narok County.Every day, Saybulu Toroge, 12, walks a five kilometre round trip to Naserian Osupuko ...

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Seybata sits cross-legged on a worn blue mat in a sun-dappled compound in Harobanda, a neighbourhood in Niger's capital, Niamey. Her hands deftly stitch a large calico cloth, which she and a friend ...

RAGBRAI is the world's oldest, longest annual bicycle tour. Here's what to know as it prepares for its 52nd year.

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This incredible river is the second-longest in Africa and is also the world's deepest river, with a measured depth of around ...

The hard-to-classify Chinese remains include 21 fossils found in the 1970s at the Xujiayao (Houjiayao) site located on the ...