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

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

A £299million road is set to be built in the West African landlocked country of Niger as part of an ambitious strategy to improve its road infrastructure and promote economic and social development.

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have formally withdrawn from the regional bloc known as ECOWAS, the body said Wednesday.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...

H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Between 1976 and 1989, under the umbrella of the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa, Niger undertook control measures by spraying insecticides that significantly decreased levels ...