Climate change and hunger are driving a refugee crisis in the African countries bordering Lake Chad

Climate change and hunger are driving a refugee crisis in the African countries bordering Lake Chad
NPR - Willem Marx • 54d

In the handful of countries bordering Africa's Lake Chad, climate change and hunger are driving a refugee crisis. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Climate change can fall hardest on the backs of the world's poorest people. That's true in and around Lake Chad. The lake, once one of Africa's largest, has shrunk by …

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