Lake Chad Basin shrinks to 2,500 sqm -– Executive Secretary

October 25, 2011 16:38

NAN-F-31 Lake Chad By Yusuf Muhammed Addis Ababa, Oct. 25, 2011 (NAN) Mr Sanusi Abdullahi, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission, has said that the Basin has shrunk from 250,000 sqm to 2,500sqm since the 1960s. Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Addis Ababa that climate change was one of major factors responsible for the decrease. ``The current size...