As Nigeria grapples with worsening flood risks, technology offers a crucial opportunity to shift from a reactive approach to ...

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. Niger is "the fifth ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. Fed by the mighty Columbia and Snake rivers and their many tributaries that ...

Sampling last year found that “an overwhelming majority of trout from rivers in the upper Missouri River Basin are healthy ... in the Jefferson River drainage.” Like many others, including ...

As writer Timothy Egan wrote in his book, The Good Rain, “The Pacific Northwest is simply this: anywhere salmon can get to.” 15 The Columbia River Basin defines much of Egan’s “anywhere ...

The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) aims to complete its water management plans covering 22 river basins this year, says its secretary-general, Surasee Kittimonthon. The agency has ...

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. Niger is “the ...

A few hours after Hamas said it would return the bodies of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas and her two little children on Thursday, her sister-in-law said she had not given up hope of seeing them ...

The delta of the Niger River is a vast estuarine environment that hosts Africa’s largest mangrove forest and is the world’s third-largest wetland. These forests have enormous ecological and ...

Today’s announcement reflects decades of effort and persistence by the government and people of Niger to bring an end to river blindness, and is a tangible step towards a healthier future.

The Congo Basin, the world’s second-largest ... contribute to its ecological and economic significance. The Niger River, which spans 2,600 miles (4,180 kilometers), starts near the Atlantic ...