Consider the history of Lake Chad as an ecample of the desertification problem in the region.

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Christian Aid warns that the current conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan -- a crisis summed up by some as the world's first "climate change war" as spreading desertification and water shortages contributed to clashes between the region's African farmers and nomadic Arabs -- could be a taste of a "nightmare scenario" set to be repeated elsewhere across Africa and the world.

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Due to the consequences of the environmental crisis in Aral Sea region such as poor soil conditions, intensive desertification and land degradation, the farmers and dehkhans often face a plenty of problems.

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