The Multinational Joint Task Force in the Lake Chad basin says several hundred fighters from jihadist groups Boko Karam and Islamic State West Africa Province have fled to Chad and Cameroon after ...

At a two-day meeting in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, defence ministers from the six-nation Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) agreed to establish the multinational force to improve security in the ...

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 ...

The troops also killed the terrorists during Operation Lake Sanity 2 ... “Collaboration among ground troops and air forces from Cameroon, Chad, and Nigeria formed six formidable task forces ...

But the most dramatic changes happen over decades. Lake Chad straddles four countries: Chad, Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. Image captured Dec. 2024 by Planet Labs. In the 1960s, Lake Chad’s ...

The Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin Commission comprises troops from Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger. Cameroon’s military says the task force has ordered the deployment ...

In an effort to chart a new course for addressing the numerous challenges in the Lake Chad Basin, eight governors from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger attended the 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors ...

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 ...

In a statement on Wednesday, the US Embassy in Yaoundé expressed condolences to Cameroon, describing the ... the Multinational Joint Taskforce in Lake Chad Basin. “On behalf of the American ...

In March 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) set up the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) – comprising Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, joined by Benin – to combat insecurity in the ...

The Lake Chad region has been repeatedly attacked by ... There was no immediate comment from Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon.