According to the Ministry of Fisheries, “Mali needs 300,000 metric tons of fish every year, whereas the country’s annual production is 130,000 metric tons.” The Niger River, which runs 4,200 ...

However, Djenepo’s smile hides unease. “Before, the river was deep and the fishing seasons long,” said Djenepo, head of the federation of fishers of the Niger River’s inner delta. “Now there are far ...

But Djenepo's smile hides unease. "Before, the river was deep and the fishing seasons long," says Djenepo, head of the federation of fishermen of the Niger River's inner delta. "Now there are far ...

Sand is filling up the river bed, garbage and toxic wastes are killing the fish, the hippos and crocodiles have been hunted to the edge of extinction and drought has sent water levels plummeting. But ...

A fisherman embarks on a sunset trip down the Niger River valley on board his only source of income, a pirogue, a wooden canoe made of hollowed tree trunks, usually used for transport, fishing and ...

A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in fishing and farming communities in the Niger Delta, which has long endured ...

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) provided 50 traditional-looking boats with hunting equipment to the women of Sorko, a local community making a living from fishing in Niger. The ...