Long dugout canoe on the Niger River, Niger River valley, Burkina Faso National Museum of African Art. Click to open image viewer. Long dugout canoe on the Niger River, Niger River valley, Burkina ...

The Niger River, which runs 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles), including more than 1,600 km (1,000 mi) in Mali, is becoming increasingly polluted, especially in Bamako. The water is now muddy and ...

But, such incidents have occurred on the Niger River, where small boats known as pirogues are often overloaded. In August 2023, two of six occupants of a pirogue died after a boat sank.

A general view of the Niger River in Onitsha on February 27, 2023. Over 100 people are still missing after a boat packed with nearly 300 passengers sank in the Niger River on Monday, in ...

Playbill for The River Niger. White background with pink, orange, and yellow box at top; white box below with black lettering. [PLAYBILL/MAGAZINE/BROOKS ATKINSON/THEATRE/THE RIVER NIGER] White ...

River Niger, collapsed bridge put Delta community under threat •Bridge not on our priority list, says Delta govt Asaba Ase, a coastal community on the bank of River Niger, ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

The Niger River, which runs 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles), including more than 1,600 km (1,000 mi) in Mali, is becoming increasingly polluted, especially in Bamako. The water is now muddy and ...