Why Lake Chad Offers Ideal Conditions for Islamist Terrorists

from International Reports · host Around the world with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Lake Chad, once the sixth-largest lake in the world, is now a shrinking, lawless zone at the heart of Africa’s Sahel region. Ulf Laessing, Head of Sahel Program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, speaks about how climate change, weak governance, and armed jihadists are turning the lake into a humanitarian and security crisis zone and why the world should be paying attention.

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