Boko Haram lures young people with no prospects from the Lake Chad area
- Posted on August 9, 2025
- By Le Monde
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Boko Haram lures young people with no prospects from the Lake Chad area

'Lake Chad's Troubled Waters' (4/4). In Chad's Lac province, 96% of the population is illiterate, and young people have resigned themselves to scraping by with intermittent jobs. This is a boon for the jihadist group, which recruits disadvantaged people by promising them a steady income.