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 ...

A 171-mile road project in a landlocked country in Africa is set to improve transport connections and provide a much-needed ...

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

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

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

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

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

The United States has been a key supporter of agricultural development in Africa, mainly through USAID. In 2024, Niger ...

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

Bordered by Libya, Sudan, the CAR, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger, Chad is home ... Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Home to over 200 ethnic ...

Niger is the first country in Africa to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, WHO announced. Image: Adobe Stock “Onchocerciasis has long caused immense human suffering ...

BAMAKO, Mali — West Africa’s regional bloc known ... Neighbors shut borders with the country, cut off more than 70% of Niger’s electricity supply, suspended financial transactions and ...