[WFP] N'djamena, Chad -- The Government of Japan has contributed JPY 200 million (US$1.3 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to support emergency school meals in Chad. This contribution will allow WFP to assist 44,000 schoolchil...

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[ISS] Strategies based on purely military operations can often alienate the very populations they aim to protect.

[Daily Trust] Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has called for a coordinated military offensive involving the Army, Navy, and Air Force in the Lake Chad region.

[Leadership] Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has called for a coordinated military offensive involving the Army, Navy, and Air Force to target insurgents' strongholds in the Lake Chad area.

[RFI] Chad has become a refuge for hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the conflict in Sudan - and, as violence against civilians intensifies in Darfur, even more people are crossing the border. The influx is straining already scarce resources in...

[Daily Trust] A clash between Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) groups has claimed the lives of dozens of terrorists in the lake Chad region, Borno State.

[Vanguard] Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia and jihadist sources told AFP Monday.

[ISS] Better water retention infrastructure would enable communities to withstand the region's many security and developmental challenges.

[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank has approved a $100 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to promote growth and access to finance for micro, small, and medium enterprises.