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

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

In the heart of Nigeria, where the air smells of oil and the soil holds an abundance of wealth, the Niger Delta region stands ...

By JUDE DIKE In the heart of Nigeria, where the air smells of oil and the soil holds an abundance of wealth, the Niger Delta ...

Stout, strong, and weather-beaten from tilling the land for days on end ... of Congo is one of the most fertile countries in the world. The Congo River has the highest hydroelectric potential ...

Though the Niger Delta region is a land ... Highlighting the fertile lands along the Calabar-Itu Road, he suggested that Cross River State could produce enough rice to exceed national consumption ...

What has Nigeria done with its infinitely fertile 923,7770 square kilometers ... She has annual rainfall of 3,500mm. River Niger flows 1,300 km across the country. Benue River is 1,440 km long.

Its name means "land of quarrels" in the South ... The north-east is characterised by fertile plains. Benin has a fairly dense river network, consisting mainly of tributaries of the large Niger River.

She also pointed out that due to the incompetence of the Indus River System ... to irrigate barren land in Cholistan would lead to the desertification of Sindh’s fertile lands, severely ...

Highly fertile and rich in organic matter ... At the present time almost 16% of the land area of cultivated organic soil in Québec's Montérégie region is already considered thin and highly ...