Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso no longer orient themselves towards France or Western business interests. As demand for raw ...

The 171-mile road will link the city of N'guigmi with Koulele and Django, and is part of a strategy to improve the road ...

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

Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...

By eliminating river blindness, Niger has created an estimated USD$2.3 billion in economic benefits. The country added more than 17.8 billion working hours as families with river blindness-infected ...

NIAMEY, Jan. 31, (Xinhua/GNA) – Niger’s Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi, officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday that the country is free of onchocerciasis.

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

Diplomatic representatives from 17 countries take a group photo after a meeting on establishing an international coordination center to combat scammers and cross-border crime on January 31 ...

Niamey, Jan 31 (IANS) Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared that the country is free of onchocerciasis.With this landmark achievement, Niger ...

Niger joins the ranks of four other countries that are WHO-verified for having eliminated onchocerciasis: Guatemala (2016), Mexico (2015), Ecuador (2014), and Colombia (2013). TRENDING NOW ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recognized Niger as the first country in Africa and the fifth globally to eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness), marking a historic milestone in ...