Military expenditures and human capital development in sub-Saharan Africa: a system GMM approach by Issofou Njifen, Anna Anemann

“…While military outlays positively affect education expenditures in central and southern African sub-regions, they crowd-out the public spending allocated to education development in Sahel & Lake Chad area, western and eastern sub-regions. These results, therefore, suggest that policy makers should promote the approach which considers defense as a component of socioeconomic development by regulating the perfect ratio of military spending that meets their needs.…”
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Conflict shapes in flux: explaining spatial shift in conflict-related violence by Idler, AI, Tkacova, K

“…To demonstrate our theory’s validity, we conduct two plausibility probes: on the conflict in Colombia paired with the conflict in the Lake Chad region, and on the conflict in the Afghan–Pakistani borderlands paired with the conflict in Iraq/Syria. …”

Features of US-Cameroon Relations in the Central Africa by Еммануел Джабеа Елюке

“…Cameroon is a crucial  regional player in the fight against terrorism, in the Lake Chad Region in particular and in the Central African region in general. …”
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CAMEROON FIGHTING BOKO HARAM by Ж КЖ Кума

“…The role of the Multinational Joint Task Force of Commission of the Lake Chad Basin (LCBC) is shown. The author also shows that the war against Boko Haram seems to produce exceptional results that force both admiration and criticism of the Cameroonian people and the international community. …”
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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Counter-Radicalization in Nigeria: The Case of Boko Haram by Bapak Ishaku, Sait Aksit, Kangdim Dingji Maza

“…This article examines the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in counter-radicalization in Nigeria, with emphasis on the Boko Haram terrorist group operating in northeast Nigeria and the greater Lake Chad region. A qualitative methodological approach is employed that makes use of primary and secondary documents, key informant and stakeholder interviews, and focus group discussions with critical religious actors and organizations. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Northern Nigeria by Usman Sambo, Babayo Sule

“…The Northern part of Nigeria is known for many centuries as an agrarian region that is producing sufficient food which sustained the region and supplies Lake Chad and other West African states with food. …”
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‘Small Fires Causing Large Fires’: An Analysis of Boko Haram Terrorism–Insurgency in Nigeria by Benson Ohihon Igboin

“…Boko Haram started by terrorising the country, particularly the northeastern zone, which extends to Cameroon, Niger, and Lake Chad. Several works on the group, mostly by foreign commentators and scholars, have mainly attributed its rise to political and economic factors. …”
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First DNA barcode library for the ichthyofauna of the Jos Plateau (Nigeria) with comments on potential undescribed fish species by Michael Olaoluwa Popoola, Frédéric Dieter Benedikt Schedel, Paul DN Hebert, Ulrich Kurt Schliewen

“…This is despite the fact that the ancient plateau contributes to several large rivers spanning multiple major drainage systems including the Niger and Benue Rivers, and Lake Chad. This study provides the first species list for the fishes of the Jos Plateau based mainly on 175 DNA barcoded museum voucher specimens representing 20 species, and another three species without a DNA barcode. …”
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Towards Striga-resistant Gene pool in Nigerian Pearl millet landraces by Maryam Dawud, John Eleblu, Ignatius Angarawai, Pangirayi Tongoona, Kwadwo Ofori

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The use of religion as tool for ideological indoctrination by Boko Haram: a critical discourse by Salleh, Mohd. Afandi, Muhammad Gwadabe, Nasa’i, Adam, Fadzli, Huda, Miftachul, Abu Hussin, Mohd. Fauzi

“…The activities of the group resulted in the death and displacement of many people in the Lake Chad area with significant damage to Nigeria. …”
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SPATIOTEMPORALLY IMPROVING THE RURAL ACCESS INDEX – A REMOTE SENSING BASED APPROACH by M. Halbgewachs, A. Schneibel, M. Gähler

“…We developed a fully automated approach, using remote sensing and other open source data to calculate the RAI on an annual basis between 2013 and 2020 for the Lake Chad region. We achieved an overall accuracy between 97.0% and 97.5% in detecting all-season roads using a Random Forest classification. …”
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Random demographic household surveys in highly mobile pastoral communities in Chad by Daniel Weibel, Mahamat Béchir, Jan Hattendorf, Bassirou Bonfoh, Jakob Zinsstag, Esther Schelling

“…APPROACH: A total of 1081 Arab, Fulani and Gorane women and 2541 children (1336 boys and 1205 girls) were interviewed and registered by a biometric fingerprint scanner in five repeated random transect demographic and health surveys conducted from March 2007 to January 2008 in the Lake Chad region in Chad. LOCAL SETTING: Important determinants for the planning and implementation of household surveys among mobile pastoral communities include: environmental factors; availability of women for interviews; difficulties in defining "own" children; the need for informationeducation-communication campaigns; and informed consent of husbands in typically patriarchal societies. …”
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Inventory and Ecological Characterization of Ichthyofauna of Nine Lakes in the Adamawa Region (Northern Cameroon, Central Africa) by Hermann I. Kitio, Arnold R. Bitja Nyom, Antoine Pariselle, Charles F. Bilong Bilong

“…Seven lakes (Assom, Gegouba, Massote, Mbalang, Ngaoundaba, Piou and Tizong) are located in the Sanaga Basin and two (Bini and Dang) are located in the Lake Chad Basin. In order to assess the composition and variation in fish assemblage, eight sampling campaigns were carried out seasonally between 2017 and 2018; they revealed 26 species of fish distributed in 6 orders, 9 families and 16 genera. …”
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Boko Haram, une impossible sociologie politique? Un groupe armé catalyseur de la violence armée régionale by Cohen, C

“…<p><strong>English</strong></p> This article deconstructs the globalizing lens used to read the Boko Haram “label” in order to construct a political sociology of the movement and of armed violence in the Lake Chad basin. Based on several fieldwork forays and interviews with displaced persons, the author sheds light on the group’s predatory behavior, political appeal, and connection to local communities. …”

Sustainability of rural water services in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus: a case study from Diffa, Niger by Paul Hayes, Ben Fawcett

“…HIGHLIGHTS The insecurity in Diffa, Niger (part of the Lake Chad Basin) impacts negatively on all the sustainability factors for community-based water management and the functionality of rural water services.; A humanitarian-development-peace triple nexus approach requires actors to grapple with the contextual complexities and confront several dilemmas that affect how sustainability of rural water services may be achieved…”
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The Deby Clan and the Role of the Army in Chadian Politics by T. S. Denisova, S. V. Kostelyanets

“…As a result, Chad’s army became a powerful military force in Central Africa, the Sahara-Sahel zone, and the Lake Chad basin, where the country played an important role in weakening the Islamist group Boko Haram.The paper examines the military-political situation in Chad during the rule of Idriss Deby and, after his death in April 2021, the rule of his son and successor Mahamat Deby. …”
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Integrating Satellite Imagery and Ground-Based Measurements with a Machine Learning Model for Monitoring Lake Dynamics over a Semi-Arid Region by Kenneth Ekpetere, Mohamed Abdelkader, Sunday Ishaya, Edith Makwe, Peter Ekpetere

“…The Great Salt Lake (GSL) and Lake Chad (LC) were chosen as study sites due to their semi-arid regional settings, enabling the testing of the proposed approach. …”
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Risques naturels dans la région de l'Extrême-Nord du Cameroun et dynamique des extrêmes hydrologiques du système Chari-Logone by Frédéric Saha, Mesmin Tchindjang, Jean-Guy Dzana, Djasrabé Nguemadjita

“…The Chari-Logone system is the main supplier of water to Lake Chad. It is also the main river draining the Far-North of Cameroon. …”
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Seasonal Effects on Some Eco-Morphological and Physiological Characters of Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb) Bunge Growing Naturally in Egyptian Northern Coastal Salt Marshes by Aya Mehanny, Gamal Khalifa, Ola Abd Elbar, Sami Habib, Maryam Abba Dawud

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Spatiotemporal Variability in the Hydrological Regimes and Water Resources of the Ouham River Basin at Batangafo, Central African Republic by Cyriaque Rufin Nguimalet, Didier Orange

“…These results demonstrate the decline in water resources in the Ouham River, and their direct impact on the water level of the Chari River and Lake Chad in the targeted period.…”
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