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Ð Without water there's no future for us, says Caroline Asimiti who sought refuge from extreme drought on the shores of Lake Turkana. If it hadn't been for the lake, Caroline and her family would have starved. Her village didn't have any water because of the drought. Construction of the Gibe 3 dam in southern Ethiopia is meant to guarantee large parts of the Ethiopian energy supply, but the price is high: over a half million people risk starvation when the river they live on is choked off. Now the conflict for resources is escalating and many fear a deadly war for water. Lake Turkana's water level can sink between 10 and 12 meters as a result of the dam. The people along the lake's shores fear for the future and are taking up weapons in the struggle for natural resources. (KEYSTONE/KONTINENT/Jacob Zocherman)