According to research by an American science team published in 2015 found that Lake Chad had shrunk by 95 percent in forty years, implying that the region of the village of Dufuna would have been part of the lake’s flood plain in the distant past.

Source: https://leadership.ng/inside-yobes-15-tourist-attractions-cultural-events-and-the-incredible-8000yrs-dufuna-canoe/

He said Nigeria was desirous of enhancing collaboration with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on combating terrorist organisations such as Boko Haram, ISWAP, and other violent extremist groups which have been terrorising the Lake Chad and Sahel regions.

Source: https://blueprint.ng/your-investments-are-safe-in-nigeria-tinubu-assures-saudi-investors/

Subsequently, insecurity, mostly terrorism and insurgencies, increased in sub-Saharan Africa, around the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/coup-in-africa-bad-governance-fraudulent-electoral-process-behind-military-rule-resurgence-in-africa-experts/

The Borno State government has disclosed that it would complete the construction of the Police, Immigration and Customs barracks in the state to boost trans-border trade with Cameroon and Chad in the Lake Chad region.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/apapa-customs-collects-n540billion-revenue-in-six-months/

“The same climate change that affected the Lake Chad basin, which used to have 125 square kilometres of water about 10 years ago, is now less than 100 per cent of its original size.

Source: https://punchng.com/channel-ecological-funds-to-environmental-problems-akpabio-urges-fg/

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, made the call at a Two-Day multilateral meeting with stakeholders of the Lake Chad Basin Region on Thursday in Abuja.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/fg-urges-lake-chad-basin-countries-to-tackle-proliferation-of-small-arms/