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Why Lake Chad mustn't dry up

It's shrunk to 10% of its former size, and jihadi recruiters are moving in. Ministers want to stop both processes. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Africa editor Will Ross on a looming environmental, political and military disaster.
(Photo: Nigerian refugee child at a UNHCR camp near Lake Chad.
Credit: AFP/Getty)

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