99% of cases of the disease are in Africa – impacting millions of people. It can cause itchiness, skin damage, and eventually blindness. Show more River blindness – or onchocerciasis – is a ...

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 WHO’s verification is the culmination of nearly 50 years of collaboration in West Africa to control or eliminate river blindness.

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world. River ...

A Russian-built SU-24M bomber crashed into Niger River near Gao, Mali, a day after a major Africa Corps–FLA clash. The cause remains unknown.

In Niger, it’s been years since Dr Salissou’s team treated the last river blindness patients and started down the long road toward certification for elimination. Increasingly, young people have never ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

The west African bloc set a deadline of Sunday for the coup leaders in Niger to relinquish power.

The military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a treaty of confederation Saturday bringing together 72 million people into the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). It’s a decision, they ...

Some fishers in Bamako, Mali’s capital, are raising concerns about dredging of the Niger River in search of gold. They say the combination of dredging and increasing plastic pollution is causing ...