Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

Officials from the UK Foreign Office have listed advice on a host of destinations where it says don't go at all or that ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

The military junta in Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to leave the country. The regime, which has made sovereignty a key issue, did not give any details about the ...

Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 73 are currently flagged as having no-go zones due to ...

French forces have been ousted in recent years from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso following years of ... other military bases — Faya in the north and Abeche in the east of the country — in late ...

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(AP Photo, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against ...

Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali will create a "unified force" within weeks, Niger's defence minister said. The three nations are former French colonies where the military deposed civilian ...