Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...

The three junta-led West African nations withdrawal is the culmination of a yearlong process during which the grouping tried ...

Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of ...

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday announced the formal exit of junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso ...

Three countries under military rule have officially left West African regional bloc Ecowas, after more than a year of ...

Thousands of people rallied Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the withdrawal of their countries from the ...