Niger has made history as the first African country to eliminate the transmission of river blindness, according to verification by the World Health Organization (WHO).This milestone was achieved ...

As Niger continues its campaign of de-colonizing its country, several monuments in the country’s capital with French monikers ...

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

Similarly, a surgical team led by Orthopaedic Surgeons, Abdullahi Mohammad and Mustapha Ibrahim performed the hospital’s ...

Niamey, Jan 31 (IANS) Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared that the country is free of onchocerciasis.With this landmark achievement, Niger ...

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey .

A major journalist in Niger was in custody Saturday, an association said, a day after the private TV channel he runs was ...

"The rise of junta rule in the Sahel represents a complex interplay between decolonization and destabilization." ...

It was a pivotal time in the sub region's history as that same month, Niger's erstwhile pro-Western leader, Mohammed Bazoum, was ousted in a military coup, with the new military ruler severing ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian foreign ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been ...