West Africa's Niger river connects four ecoregions of outstanding importance ... Twenty of the river's 250 species of freshwater fish are endemic, and a crucial food source for millions of people. In ...

"The river is part of the border. Niger says its borders with Benin are closed. It's a consequence," the source told AFP. "With the flow of people on the river and the boats whose loading no one ...

Two major rivers have flooded across central Nigeria displacing tens of thousands of people, the Red Cross told AFP.