Challenged by a spreading insurgency that is employing new tactics and equipment, the Nigerian military has lost control of a ...

By Malik Samuel With foreign expertise now reshaping battlefield dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin, and raising the stakes for ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Cameroon overtakes Burkina Faso as the world's most neglected crisis in the Norwegian Refugee Council's annual list.

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 ...

The clash, which took place on Saturday in western Chad's Lake Chad region, also resulted in the deaths of 96 rebels. The casualties were confirmed by army spokesperson Gen. Issakh Acheikh ...