In 1823, British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney were some of the first Europeans to document the lake and the surrounding kingdoms. He was struck at the sight of one of ...

In 2016, just 25 scimitar-horned oryx were flown from Abu Dhabi to Chad, marking the first time the species had set foot in the wild since it vanished there in the 1980s. Since then, according to ...

A study titled "Monitoring major biodiversity stronghold in war zones: model predicts Lake Chad remains Africa's most important wetland for waterbirds" estimates that Lake Chad supports nearly 2.5 ...

When British explorer Hugh Clapperton reached Lake Chad in 1823, he encountered one of Africa’s largest inland lakes, but two centuries later, it has lost about 90% of its surface area, putting ...

Now, she can consult a doctor remotely through a Telemedan kiosk closer to home. “Telemedan changed how my family accessed healthcare services,” Ache told Al Jazeera. “It wa ...

Chad’s armed forces are reputedly among the best-trained in the region – Copyright AFP – Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) were at loggerheads on ...

Two of six critically endangered black rhinos have died of unknown causes five months after being flown from South Africa to Chad in a pioneering project to re-introduce the animals, officials said ...

The new scientific study, “Monitoring major biodiversity stronghold in war zones: model predicts Lake Chad remains Africa’s most important wetland for waterbirds”, published in PNAS, estimates that ...

Every year, twice a year, millions of birds belonging to hundreds of species fly between breeding grounds in Europe and Asia ...

The growing role of Africa in the structure of United Nations and similar multinational organisations, such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, is expected to become a key driver of the ...