With a ballooning population, armed insurgents, climate crisis, dwindling natural resources, and huge socio-economic disparity, the Lake Chad region has endured a complex plethora of crises since 2009 ...

Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with influences from both North ...

The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for ...

A UK court heard a case brought against the international oil company Shell by communities in Nigeria’s Niger River Delta. The Ogoni people claim that decades of oil spills by Shell and its local ...

The First Lady of Niger State, Hajiya Fatima Umaru Bago, has called for increased awareness to combat the dangers of ...

Measurements with the scanner confirmed that it is indeed the world’s largest underground thermal lake, revealing it to be ...

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 171-mile road will link the city of N'guigmi with Koulele and Django, and is part of a strategy to improve the road ...