In pictures: Kenya drought


Avoiding conflict

Echo is also supporting the construction of strategically placed water pans and wells.

Ethiopian pastoralists often stray into Kenya and Somalia to use the water resources, which can lead to conflict.

This water collection tank in Ducale in Ethiopia has helped to reduce local tensions. It may also reduce livestock theft as people no longer need to plunder animals from other pastoralists to replace their animals which have died.

By Daniel Dickinson/Echo

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