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Rescuing the Lake Chad: A call to urgent action on an existential problem (V)
Lake Chad continues to shrink every year. These issues threaten the livelihoods of millions of Nigerians.' - His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, In this final instalment in the ...
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How climate change inflames extremist insurgency in Africa
KOULKIMÉ, Chad — Alhadji Yaro was a teenager when Boko Haram militants stormed onto his island in the vast, blue-green waters of Lake Chad and made villagers an offer at gunpoint.
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Lake Chad isn’t shrinking — but climate change is causing other problems
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Contrary to popular conception, Lake Chad is not shrinking; new research shows that the volume of water in the lake has increased since its low ...
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Africa: Lake Chad Basin Insurgents Raise the Stakes With Weaponised Drones
Two more such attacks have happened in Damaturu, Yobe State, and Abadam on Lake Chad. The use of armed drones in battlefield operations is a dangerous new phase in ISWAP's insurgency that ...
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Lake Chad
This is the reality for many people living in Africa’s Lake Chad region. This is not a crisis about a lake. It is a sprawling disaster that covers four countries in West Africa. Over 4.5 million ...