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 ...

Jolliet in 1673 and the Cavelier de La Salle Expedition of the Mississippi River Valley. Bernou’s map shows the Black River just north of Fort McCoy. The next monumental map to display the Great ...

There are also the Niger River Basin Development Authority, which is mandated to handle areas drained by the Niger River starting in the North from the river’s confluence with Malendo River and ...

Show more River blindness – or onchocerciasis – is a tropical disease which causes itchiness, skin damage, and eventually blindness. It affects millions of people across Africa. In Niger a ...

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 fifth ...

President Bola Tinubu had initially appointed one Aliyu Tajudeen as the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the agency. There is confusion surrounding the appointment of two ...

More than 100 passengers, mostly women, are still missing after a boat capsized on the Niger River. The search and rescue operation in ongoing. https://p.dw.com/p ...

A vessel carrying more than 200 passengers sank early on Friday morning. At least eight fatalities have already been confirmed. At least 100 people, mostly women, are missing after a boat ...

The bridge over the Niger River, linking the Beninese city of Malanville and the city of Gaya in Niger ­– a key transit point for migrants and both licit and illicit trade – was therefore ...

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has assured Nigerians that water levels in the River Niger are under control as the country prepares for potential flooding. NIHSA’s Director-General ...