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Ð We have no other income here besides from fishing. We're going to starve if the water level sinks and we can't live on fishing, says Dixon Chapa (sitting), one of the thousands of fishermen in Kalokol who depends on the water supply to Lake Turkana. The 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 could fall 10 to 12 meters as a direct result of the dam construction. 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)