DROUGHTS, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fuelling conflict and migration in the region, a new report said today.

Human rights group Refugees International called for the issue to be central to a high-level international conference on the Lake Chad basin next week in Niamey, Niger’s capital.

The report says that shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather are heightening tensions across communities and displacing people. It said that about three million people have been displaced and an additional 11 million were in need of humanitarian assistance.