ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Nigeria began dredging hundreds of miles on the Niger River to make it navigable to transport goods from the coast to remote interior villages, officials say. The ...

The Niger River, which runs 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles), including more than 1,600 km (1,000 mi) in Mali, is becoming increasingly polluted, especially in Bamako. The water is now muddy and ...

"The Niger River is 4,200km long, with 500km crossing into Niger." Millions of people depend on the region's natural resources, which in turn depend on the river, for fishing, grazing land, crops, and ...