The girls were crossing the Niger river in the northeast of Guinea in West Africa to take high school entrance exams that begin on Monday. "We are struck by this bad news that seven students lost ...

It seems improbable: why would these lumbering aquatic mammals, also called sea cows, be living some 4000 kilometres up the Niger river in Guinea, almost as close to the Sahara desert as to the ...

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.

Senegal stopped treatment in 2022 and is now under post-treatment surveillance, while Equatorial Guinea ... “Niger is a country rich in natural resources but, for decades, river blindness ...