L-R: Gov. Umo Eno, Akwa Ibom State; Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers State; Gov. Douye Diri, Bayelsa State; Gov.Bassey Otu, Cross Rivers State, and Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori, Delta StateThe Niger Delta ...

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

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).

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

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

It straddles four countries, so the Governor of Niger ... Africa Province [ISWAP] turned into another African hell on Earth. In Lake Chad Basin's case, most probably, the shrinking of the once mighty ...

(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 ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle migration — have ramped up expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu convened a closed-door meeting with key stakeholders from Rivers State, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara, former Governor Nyesom Wike, and representatives of Ogoni ...

Narrated by David Oyelowo. On the shores of Botswana’s Gomoti River, Africa’s three Big Cat families have made themselves at home. Each has carved out a space to raise their young, while ...