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People living in Chad’s Lake Province are bearing the brunt of climate change. The region and the communities that have developed there have historically depended on this vast body of water. Fishing, first and foremost, but also farming, are the pillars of local livelihoods.
Yet both are increasingly disrupted by erratic weather patterns: dwindling fish stocks, damaged farmland and a rising cost of living. One of Central Africa's most productive regions is being pushed further into crisis, after years of facing the threat posed by Boko Haram jihadists. Our correspondent Harold Girard met some of those whose livelihoods depend on the climatic stability of Lake Chad.
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