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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.

Tshepang Moleleki, who farms a small herd of cattle, said he often has to buy medication for his herd. He blames the contaminated water, but there is no way to prevent them drinking it because the ...