A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

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.

South Africa’s failing wastewater treatment plants are leading the country to an ecological disaster, with spillages poisoning drinking and crop production water.

A horse rider galloped across a river to help rescue a man who had fallen into the freezing water in central China's Hubei.

The Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa was established 94 years ago to protect the last 11 elephants in the Eastern ...

H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen ...

The economic benefits of eliminating river blindness in Niger are estimated at $2.3 billion, with 17.8 billion additional ...

I've Known Rivers' art exhibition at Worcester Center for Crafts explores the depths of African Americans and labor ...

Yet the country is also home to some incredible stretches of water. This includes the Nile, Africa’s longest river and one of the longest in the world. Further south lies the continent’s ...