In one of Nigeria’s deadliest flood events in recent memory, 200 people have been confirmed dead in Mokwa, a market town in the country’s north-central state of Niger, after a pre-dawn deluge on ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on Sunday, a local official said ...

The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 200 on ...

At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.

At least 151 people have been confirmed dead after heavy rainfall unleashed flooding in a market town in north-central Nigeria. More than 3,000 people were displaced in the flooding in the town of ...

At least 151 people have died after heavy rainfall sparked severe flooding in Mokwa, a market town in north-central Nigeria.

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 ...

adjacent to the Niger River, which shares its name. There are 11 national languages in Niger, with French serving as the country’s official language. The number of indigenous languages in Niger ...

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 ...