![]() ![]() Precipitation in the lake annually reduces from the south (more than 1000 mm yr. − 1) to the north of the basin (less than 100 mm yr. − 1). About 30 million people derived their means of livelihood from the resource provided by the 2,500,000 km 2 lake in this semiarid area. The LCB is encapsulating borders of Cameroon, Nigeria, and Chad. ![]() ![]() Over time, the LCB has suffered various issues, from drought, severe effects of climate change, desertification, and poor governance that have contributed to deep poverty in the region. This is followed by the impact of this insurgency on the LCB and surrounding states at the macro-level. A microlevel analysis, studying violent extremism and the economic survival of people affected by the conflict, will be engaged. In analyzing the current situation, we will take into cognizance the historical antecedence of the region and the Boko Haram insurgency, as well as the group tactics and strategy in understanding the socioeconomic impact on the area. This chapter discusses the socioeconomic impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad region. The direct impact of this reflects in the socioeconomic state of populations and countries in the environs. Major trade routes and markets in the area now have greatly reduced activity, as poverty and deep deprivation hold sway and inhabitants who have migrated or live within internally displaced persons camps depend on aid.Ĭonflict ravaging the Lake Chad Basin region (LCB), driven by the Boko Haram-led insurgency, has taken monstrous proportions. The insecurity that plagues the region has forced millions to flee their homes and abandon their livelihood and trade around the lake. The insurgency that started in 2002 from Maiduguri town, Borno State in Nigeria, has spread to the Chad and Cameroon leaving destruction, displacement, and the demise of a once-virile economy in its wake. Severe drought has since decimated the socioeconomic potential of the Lake Chad Basin, but more recently, it has worse impact with the Boko Haram insurgency. In the previous years, the Lake Chad Basin was a flourishing area, as a result of the opportunities presented by the lake for livelihood, agriculture, tourism, and access to markets and trade. The Lake Chad Basin (LCB), in West Africa, is surrounded by three countries with shared borders. ![]()
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