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 ...

The Lake Chad region is in ruins and needs to be salvaged, given the challenges of food insecurity, development obstacles, ...

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 ...

The 5th edition of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum has re-echoed its commitment to advancing stabilisation, recovery, ...

Niger has suspended its participation in the Multinational Joint Task Force, and Chad has threatened to withdraw.

Yobe State governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has been elected as the new chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum.

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more ...

The Lake Chad governors also pledged to establish free-trade zones to foster economic recovery and integrate more women and youth into stabilization and resilience programs.

02/06/2025 February 6, 2025 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 ...

Lack of military coordination and tension among countries in Africa's Lake Chad region are hindering efforts to end a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency, according to local officials and ...

The region, comprising the four countries that surround Lake Chad -- Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria -- has been battling insurgency since 2009, after a spate of violent campaigns by the Boko ...

Mamman Nuhu, the head of the Lake Chad Basin Development Commission (LCBDC), acknowledged the negative impact the lack of military coordination between Nigeria and Niger is having on the region ...