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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 12, 2020
Chad
After Lake Chad Offensive, April One of Deadliest Months in Boko Haram Conflict
April is now one of the deadliest months in nearly a decade of the Boko Haram conflict, according to data from the Nigeria Security Tracker, which now features geographic data from Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.
September 26, 2017
Chad
Counterterrorism Partner Chad Included in New Travel Ban
President Donald Trump’s new order banning most travel to the United States applies to seven states—Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea, and, for some reason, Chad. To include Chad on tha…
April 28, 2017
Nigeria
International Inaction and Famine in the Lake Chad Basin
Peter Lundberg, United Nations (UN) Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, stated on April 25 that the aid organizations working in northeast Nigeria will run out of cash by June if pledges mad…
October 18, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s Response to Polio outbreak in the Lake Chad Basin
The public reappearance of polio in northeast Nigeria is a disappointment. Nigeria had been thought to be free of polio for two years. The recent cases of paralysis caused by polio are likely the res…
October 17, 2017
Chad
Chad Removes Hundreds of Soldiers From Nigerien Region Affected by Boko Haram
The Voice of America (VOA), citing “humanitarian sources and officials,” reports that Chad has withdrawn “hundreds” of troops from Niger where they had been fighting Boko Haram. Shortly after the ann…
