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[RFI] Lawmakers in Chad have fast-tracked a proposal to allow the president to serve an unlimited number of terms, in a move that the opposition warns opens the door to authoritarianism.

[HRW] Dangerous Turn Violates Human Rights and Sends Messages to Activists

[Daily Trust] Lake Chad, once a vital freshwater source for more than 30 million people across Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, has been disappearing before our eyes. From a vast 25,000 square kilometers in the 1960s, the lake has shrunk to less t...

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[RFI] Chad is a step closer to allowing the president to serve an unlimited number of terms after the lower house of parliament signed off on major constitutional changes this week. Opposition figures told RFI that the move, which could help keep Pre...

[Premium Times] Focusing only on Boko Haram's ISWAP faction is no longer an option for the region's security forces.

[ISS] Focusing only on Boko Haram's ISWAP faction is no longer an option for the region's security forces.

[The Conversation Africa] Fatima, a fisherwoman on Lake Chad, sets out at dawn not just to make a living from the shrinking waters, but to pay a "tax". Before casting her net, she must hand over part of her meagre earnings to armed men claiming alleg...