Chad is a landlocked country in north-central Africa. With a population of around 17 million people, it’s one of the world’s least developed nations despite being Africa’s fifth-largest country by area.
The country is geographically diverse, featuring the Sahara Desert in the north, semi-arid Sahel region in the center, and more fertile savanna in the south. Lake Chad, which gives the country its name, sits on the western border and has significantly shrunk over recent decades due to climate change and overuse…