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.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...

On Apr. 30, 2024, as the sun rose over Lagos, bulldozers rolled in to the Oniru waterfront, a popular leisure hub, where they ...

The Songhoy are an ethnicity living along the Niger River in northern Mali, speaking the language of Songhai (two spellings that are often used interchangeably). Songhoy music has long been a staple ...

Read about the history of the Guan tribe. The article explains how they moved to present-day Ghana, their political ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in the northern Niger city of Agadez, media and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said Austria's embassy in Algeria, which is also ...

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Some residents of communities in some states that share border with Niger Republic have expressed fears over the spat between Nigeria and its neigbouring country, The PUNCH reports. In a Christmas ...

The call for stronger border security follows recent accusations by Niger’s military regime that Nigeria has been involved in destabilising activities. Niger’s military leader, Brigadier ...

The Federal Government has strongly rejected allegations made in a viral video by the military leader of Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, claiming non-existent collusion between ...