The aviator’s publicity-mad husband, George Palmer Putnam, kept pushing her to risk her life for the sake of fame.

BAMAKO — Bourama Traoré and his brother, now aged 20 and 29, grew up along the banks of the Niger River. Their daily routine has always been simple: cast their nets and provide for their family.

The flooding also destroyed over 3000 homes, forcing mass displacement. The Kainji Dam, located on the Niger River near New Bussa in Niger State, is one of West Africa’s largest dams.

Husseini warned the toll could rise further, with bodies being swept down the powerful Niger River. Gideon Adamu, head of the Red Cross in Niger state, told AFP that search teams were heading ...

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At least 117 people have died and several others are still missing after heavy flooding destroyed thousands of homes in Nigeria's Niger state, an emergency official said on Friday.

Lagos (EFE).- Local authorities confirmed on Sunday that the number of people killed in western Nigeria due to flooding caused by heavy rains on Thursday has risen to at least 200. The catastrophe ...

Previously, crossing the Niger River here meant hours waiting for a shaky ferry under a blazing sun. Since January 2021, this 640-meter bridge, part of the African Development Bank's Trans-Saharan ...

Even as Caribbean Airlines (CAL) issued a “sincere and unreserved apology” yesterday for publishing an incomplete map of Guyana in its in-flight magazine, Caribbean Beat, Foreign Secretary ...

Floodwaters swept the bodies of many victims into the Niger River that flows below the city on Thursday and Friday. Related Flooding to continue on lower Mississippi River as new flash flood ...

As Husseini warned that the toll could still rise - with bodies being swept away down the powerful Niger River - President Bola Tinubu said that search-and-rescue operations were underway ...

The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with Nigeria following floods that submerged the town of Mokwa in Niger State, in the north of the country, resulting in dozens of deaths and ...