The Lake Chad basin in west and central Africa covers 8% of the African continent and is home to 42 million people whose livelihoods revolve around pastoralism, fishing and farming, according to ...

Local residents and researchers say that climate change also fosters conflict in the Lake Chad region, as extreme hunger pushes people to begin fishing and farming in areas controlled by extremists.

Lake Chad sits at the end point of this drainage ... switching to other activities like fishing in some seasons, moving to areas with more amenable conditions and more. For example, some people ...

Lake Chad - shared by Nigeria, Chad ... about 750 naira (£3), whereas a few years ago he could sometimes earn 15,000 Naira (£60) for a day's fishing. Other factors include irrigation and the damming ...

That's true in and around Lake Chad. The lake, once one of Africa's ... prevents the local population from going fishing, for example, from going to plough fields, all activities are on hold ...

It said the ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists, rather than acting as protectors, have devastated local economies by restricting freedom of movement and disrupting farming, fishing, and trade.

Lake Chad basin - Copyright TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP Kicki NILSSON Lake Chad basin - Copyright TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP Kicki NILSSON Lack of military coordination and tension ...