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

The Nigerian government has signed agreements with Algeria and the Republic of Niger to advance the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the parasitic infection. Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

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 Organization (WHO) has recognised the efforts of Niger, a country in West Africa, in eliminating ...

It also positions Niger as a model for the elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa." Moeti said the country had previously demonstrated its leadership in public health by eliminating ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS BAMAKO ...

Effective country-led efforts and partnerships Between 1976 and 1989, under the umbrella of the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP), Niger undertook vector control measures ...