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The water level in Lake Turkana has fallen in recent years due to drought. A fishing boat donated by Norway has gotten stuck on land and is now used as a playground for children in the fishing village of Kalokol. Construction of the Gibe 3 dam was approved in 2003 as part of a plan to triple Ethiopia's energy production. But international experts and researchers predict it will also cut off up to 90 percent of Lake Turkana's only reliable tributary, the Omo, and the water level in the lake is expected to drop between 10 and 12 meters. A strangled fresh water supply will in turn raise the salinity of the lake. That would have a devastating effect on the lake's ecosystem. Over half a million people in the area would be forced to flee lest they starve. (KEYSTONE/KONTINENT/Jacob Zocherman)