in 1963 to less than 1,500 square kilometers (150 square miles), or about 5% of its original area” -Lakepedia There is a distinct possibility that Lake Chad might disappear altogether in just a ...

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 50 people on an island on Lake Chad, bordering Cameroon and Chad, a local official told the BBC. The militants, disguised as traders ...

The attack reportedly happened on an island called Barkaram, in a vast marshy region that was once covered by the waters of Lake Chad before its dramatic shrinking in recent decades. No suspects ...

Nigeria faces serious environmental challenges, including deforestation, desertification, coastal erosion, flooding, pollution and many other negative impacts of climate change. Lake Chad continues to ...

Lake Chad continues to shrink every year. These issues threaten the livelihoods of millions of Nigerians”— PIresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In this final installment in the series of articles on ...