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 ...

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 ...

The Lake Chad Basin (LCB) region has undeniably been plagued by violence, insecurity, and human rights violations for decades. The most pressing challenge is the persistent threat posed by Boko ...

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.

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 ...

Seven soldiers were killed in Chad by an explosive device during a patrol near Lake Chad. Chadian authorities suspect Boko Haram extremists from Nigeria to be behind the attack. Boko Haram ...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, said recharging the Lake Chad is vital to the military's efforts in combating terrorism in Nigeria's North East region. General Musa ...

Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country's west, Chad's army said. The attack in the Lake ...

Climate change can fall hardest on the backs of the world's poorest people. That's true in and around Lake Chad. The lake, once one of Africa's largest, has shrunk by some 90% over the last few ...

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Droughts, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fueling conflict and migration in the region and needs to be better addressed, a report ...

Traditional rulers from the Lake Chad Basin region gathered in Maiduguri on Monday ahead of the 5th meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum (LCBGF). Addressing the gathering, Amb.

NIAMEY, March 30 (Reuters) - 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 ...