Tag: Lake Chad
UNESCO restates commitment to safeguard Lake Chad
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Friday restated its commitment to safeguarding Lake Chad and promoting the…
Donors raise $700m to address humanitarian crisis in Lake Chad region
Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Monday said that about 700 million dollars had been realised from the pledges made…
Lake Chad water transfer review are ongoing – Minister
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, says efforts are underway to review studies on the proposed inter-basin water…
Lake Chad Basin: Commission completes dredging of 42-km Hadejia River
The Lake Chad Basin Commission says it has completed the 42-kilometre dredging of the Hadejia River in efforts to boost…
Boko Haram launch three strikes on Lake Chad
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed five people in an overnight raid in Niger in the third suspected attack by the…
Triple bombings in Lake Chad kills 27
A triple suicide bombing on an island in Lake Chad on Saturday killed at least 27 people and left more…
#COP21: Save Lake Chad’s ecosystem from depletion, Buhari tells world leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Paris called on world leaders to forge a united front to save Lake Chad’s…
State of emergency declared at Lake Chad amid rising militant attacks
Chad’s government on Monday declared state of emergency in the Lake Chad region on the ground that the area has…
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Nigeria hits goldmine, finds crude oil in Lake Chad area – NNPC
Nigeria is “on the verge of a significant oil find” in the Lake Chad area of the northeast, NNPC managing…
Boko Haram attacks creating major hunger crisis in Lake Chad
New Boko Haram attacks have created a major hunger crisis in Africa’s Lake Chad region with malnutrition reaching “catastrophic” levels…
At least 16 killed in Boko Haram raids on Lake Chad villages
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – At least 13 suspected Boko Haram militants and three civilians were killed in separate attacks over the…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Refugees Starve To Death
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram…
Niger Evacuates 4,000 Nigerian Refugees From Lake Chad
Niger has evacuated thousands of Nigerian refugees sheltering from Boko Haram fighters on Lake Chad’s Karamga island, a military official…
Niger residents drown in bid to escape Boko Haram attacks
Boko Haram gunmen attacked an island on the Niger side of Lake Chad, with locals reporting heavy casualties among those…
Boko Haram kidnaps scores in Borno
Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped scores of people from fishing communities in Nigeria’s extreme northeast, hauling some of the hostages away…