Lake Chad Basin: Fighting terrorism, ‘decisive test’ on biggest challenges of our time
Nov 13, 2021, at 10:10 pm
New York: The situation in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin region remains highly volatile, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Friday, spotlighting a rising tide of extremist violence as a continuously crippling force.
UN censures ‘heinous attacks’ in Lake Chad Basin
Aug 05, 2020, at 04:05 pm
New York: The Secretary-General strongly condemned “heinous attacks” against civilians in the Lake Chad Basin, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
Africa’s Lake Chad Basin: Over $2.1 billion pledged, to provide comprehensive crisis response
Sep 05, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Sept 5 (IBNS): A United Nations-backed humanitarian conference to raise much needed resources for relief, development and peacebuilding programmes in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin concluded on Tuesday, raising some $2.17 billion in support and about $467 million in concessional loans for the crisis-ridden region.
Feb 01, 2018, at 02:24 pm
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): With more than a quarter of a million people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin region, the United Nations refugee agency and its humanitarian partners launched on Wednesday an inter-agency funding appeal for $157 million.