Lake Chad is disappearing. Can Africa’s $50 billion water project protect 50 million livelihoods across 4 countries?

When British explorer Hugh Clapperton reached Lake Chad in 1823, he encountered one of Africa’s largest inland lakes, but two centuries later, it has lost about 90% of its surface area, putting millions of livelihoods at risk and prompting renewed calls for a $50 billion plan to redirect water from the Congo River Basin.