Protection of the Lake Chad Basin : Inter-ministerial Committee Evaluates Situation

Safeguarding natural resources, water and land around and within the Lake Chad Basin for the benefit of humanity remains a priority for the four member countries (Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria) that share the surface area. Over the years, environmental, demographic and security reasons negatively affected the basin, causing its degradation, a situation which forced member countries to meet in Nigeria in June 2016 within the framework of the Regional Protection Dialogue on the Lake Chad Basin and discuss the protection of the zone. Recommendations were made and given the current stake of the situation in the basin, an inter-ministerial committee met at the Ministry of External Relations on November 13, 2019 to evaluate the resolutions issued during the second regional protection dialogue on the basin. 
Co-chaired by the Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations in charge of Relations with the Islamic World, Adoum Gargoum and the Secretary General of the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Jean Tchoffo on behalf of his Minister in the presence of the Resident Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), officials equally sought ways on the protection of the area. “We looked at the global situation in the Lake Chad Basin and in particular the portion occupied by Cameroon. As you know, the geographical situation is no longer the same as the lake has degraded by 10 per cent over the years and therefore difficult to satisfy the needs of the population as it feeds an ...