Fishermen on Lake Turkana. The main river feeding the lake, the Omo, is threatened by a new hydropower project supported by the governments of Ethiopia and Kenya.
Lake Turkana could be the scene of a major conflict in the near future, environmentalists are warning.
Ten years ago, then Egyptian foreign minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali said the next major wars in Africa would be over water.
Now water diplomacy is starting to take centre-stage in African and global affairs.
