The fifth, three-day meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Governors' Forum for Regional Cooperation on Stabilisation, Peace-building and Sustainable Development ended in Maiduguri on Friday, January 31 ...

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin ...

Declining harvests and dwindling fish hauls make Boko Haram appealing for young men in the Lake Chad region.

With a ballooning population, armed insurgents, climate crisis, dwindling natural resources, and huge socio-economic disparity, the Lake Chad region has endured a complex plethora of crises since 2009 ...

One of the world's great lakes is disappearing. Lake Chad - shared by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger - has receded to less than 20% of its former volume. Global warming is being blamed, as well as ...

As the weather in central Africa has become more erratic, Lake Chad has shrunk by 95 per cent since 1960.

The Lake Chad region is in ruins and needs to be salvaged, given the challenges of food insecurity, development obstacles, disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration of non-state armed groups.

Muhammadu Bello and his nine children used to depend on Lake Chad for their livelihoods. But the former fisherman became a farmer as the waters vanished eastwards from the shores of his village in ...

The Lake Chad basin is located in Northern Central Africa and covers almost 8% of the continent and spreads over seven countries. Despite the potential the area holds, in recent decades insecurity ...

Lake Chad Basin’s growing youth population would also benefit from digital connectivity initiatives, enabling micro-entrepreneurship through the growing gig economy in countries such as Nigeria.

The Lake Chad region’s story is one of tragedy, resilience, and hope. As the insurgency slowly fades, a new chapter unfolds. Can life be normal again?

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin ...