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Here, they fish. But in recent years, the twin threats of conflict and climate change have conspired to endanger a way of life. There is less fish in the lake, and less customers waiting on shore – the violence of Non-State Armed Actors, once confined to northeastern Nigeria, has spread throughout the Lake Chad region. In Lac province, markets are looted, and people are afraid to travel.

DISTRAUGHT families forced from their homes in Lebanon are bracing themselves for a harsh and bitterly cold winter, according to an Irish aid agency responding to the humanitarian crisis in the region.