Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

One of the most polluted places in the world is located at the heart of the Niger Delta where decades of oil exploitation ...

The Niger River, which spans 2,600 miles (4,180 kilometers), starts near the Atlantic Ocean, travels inland to the Sahara Desert, and then bends south to the Gulf of Guinea. Over 75% of the Niger ...

The delta of the Niger River is a vast estuarine environment that hosts Africa’s largest mangrove forest and is the world’s third-largest wetland. These forests have enormous ecological and ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.

China's rising demand for food calls for increased efforts to boost grains production even after record high output in recent years, China's Central Rural Work Leading Group said on Monday.

The 72 new management executives appointed to the River Basin Development Authorities last December have lamented that they are yet to receive their appointment letters from the Secretary to the ...

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

A 14-year-old girl, Elizabeth Peter, from Korokpa in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, has drowned in the ...