Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, ...

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

This makes it the fourth explosion -- as documented here -- in less than a month in Niger State alone. A rice mill, fuel tanker and other properties have been destroyed in a gas explosion that rocked ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to cease operations and for its foreign staff to leave the ...

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

Nigeria is Africa’s big brother, not just in name as the giant of Africa, but i deed, as it has always played key roles in ...

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

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

Insurgents killed 25 civilians and injured 13 others in an ambush of a military-escorted convoy near Mali's northeastern city ...

The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to leave the country. The regime, which ...

Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

The retreat, which comes amid increasing budget pressure and political upheaval in Paris, is another sign that France’s ...