The vanishing Lake Chad : how climate change increase an existing crisis
Hi ! This week I wanted to talk about something that may seem a little away from politics, although this is a growing issue in today's world that politicians have to address : climate change. Indeed, in the case of water, climate change could change a lot of things, from droughts to heavy rains. In both cases, today's water supplies systems aren't suitable anymore and Western Africa doesn't escape these prospects. It is something I wanted to talk about after doing last week's post about the Niger River Basin - right near this performant system, the Lake Chad's crisis takes place. (Lake Chad)(source : national geographic) I am sure you already heard about the Lake, through the crisis that has been going on since 2009 when the jihadist group Boko Haram led an insurrection in North Nigeria, nearby the basin. The Boko Haram conflict is quite dense but I am going to try to do a quick summary. If you want to know details of the conflict, this wik...
