Stretching over 4,200 kilometers, the Niger River sustains millions of people across West Africa. Flowing through rainforest, ...

The Foundation of Ancient Egyptian Civilization Here's something that might surprise you: ancient Egyptians called the river ...

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 ...

Press Release - In Rosso, Mauritania, on the banks of the Senegal River, the constant back and forth of pirogues and ferries shapes daily life. Every day, hundreds of people cross the river, linking ...

Control over water underpins national security, economic stability and social wellbeing, as disputes over rivers from ...

The world's first vaccine for a disease that causes misery for millions in Africa could be tested within five years. Researchers have taken a major step towards developing a vaccine against river ...

The Liesbeek River snakes down from Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain for just 9 km (5 miles), but nevertheless has become ...

New research shows that it's possible to end the practice of using people as human bait to catch and test the black flies ...