Lost lake: How Africa’s Lake Chad nearly disappeared and a $50 billion engineering plan to restore it | World News
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July 22, 2026
Once one of Africa’s largest inland water bodies, Lake Chad has lost approximately 90% of its surface area since the 1960s, causing millions of people to face the loss of their fishing, agricultural and livestock livelihoods. This decline is linked…