UN Security Council shines light on Lake Chad crisis

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http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/KuAYZ2biKwxbZAsrN0F0ug--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/e12533a0993a5d30d0f6068c101fd280fe8bfd9a.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-security-council-shines-light-lake-chad-crisis-175932590.html)Yaoundé (AFP) - UN Security Council envoys on Friday vowed to turn the spotlight on a "neglected crisis" as they began a mission to the Lake Chad region, where hunger, poverty and a Boko Haram insurgency have triggered a major humanitarian emergency. Straddling Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, the region's problems are also exacerbated by poor governance and climate change. The 15 ambassadors from the UN's top decision-making body began their mission in Cameroon, seeking to draw global attention to the emergency affecting 21 million people.



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