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Men construct a fishing boat on a beach at Lake Turkana, near the town of Kalokol, Turkana county, Kenya, July 4, 2020. Picture taken July 4, 2020. [Photo:REUTERS]
Fishermen on the shores of Kenya’s Lake Turkana, the world’s biggest desert lake, have no doubt about what is to blame for their dwindling fish stocks: a giant hydroelectric dam built by Ethiopia on the River Omo, which feeds the lake.
“We are now seeing Nile perch stocks drastically reduce,” said fisherman Fitbo Lalukol. He says boats must sail much further out into the lake to get a good catch.
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