Lake Chad
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Lake Chad is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of
Shrinking of Lake Chad over the last 7000 years, with the outline of the British Isles for size comparison
Lake Chad 1972–2007
Lake Chad flooded savanna
Building a temporary house in Lake Chad region
Chad
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Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the so
Lake Chad
…Chad (Arabic: بحيرة تشاد, Kanuri: Sádǝ, French: Lac Tchad) is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi). It is an important wetland…
Group of Kanem-Bu warriors. The Kanem–Bornu Empire controlled almost all of what is today Chad.
The Mbang Abd ar Rahman Gwaranga (left) with Wadai's Dud Murra (right)
A Chadian soldier fighting for Free France during World War II. The Free French Forces included 15,000 soldiers from Chad.
Despite internal political opposition, coup attempts, and a civil war, Idriss Déby continuously ruled Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021.