China's People's Daily Online published on 21 August 2017 an article titled "Chinese, Italian Firms Reach Deal to Refill Fast-shrinking Lake Chad" by Kimeng Hilton Ndukong, Cameroon Tribune.
The agreement between PowerChina and Italy's Bonifica Spa is a feasibility study to transfer 100 billion cubic meters of water annually from the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,500 kilometers to replenish fast-shrinking Lake Chad.