Niger is the first African country and fifth worldwide to eliminate the parasitic infection. Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also ...

Niger joins four other countries that have been verified by WHO for eliminating onchocerciasis, all in the Region of the Americas: Colombia (2013), Ecuador (2014), Guatemala (2016) and Mexico (2015).

Four people have died in a road crash that occurred in Niger State, while 13 people were also injured and rushed to the General Hospital. The accident, which happened along the Agaie-Lapai road ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday. Niger is “the ...

At least two Chinese nationals working for the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have been abducted by suspected ISIS SAHEL militants in Niger. The attack, which took place on Sunday in ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has granted the Niger State Electricity Regulatory Commission the permission to regulate the state electricity supply industry. This was contained in ...

Death toll from Saturday’s fuel tanker explosion in Niger State has reached 98, with 69 injured and 20 shops razed. On Monday, the Federal Government said victims still battling for life had ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in the northern Niger city of Agadez, media and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said Austria's embassy in Algeria, which is also ...

An Austrian citizen was kidnapped by gunmen in northern Niger on Saturday evening, the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The men forced their way into the Agadez home of 73-year ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger, the first time a European citizen has been seized in the country since the military took power in 2023. Austria’s Federal Ministry for European and ...