In this Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 file photo, Turkana women catch fish at Loarengak on the shore of lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya. The remote Turkana region of Kenya that suffers from frequent droughts may soon be flush with water after the discovery using satellite exploration technology of huge underground aquifers.

在一張於二○○六年三月十四日星期二拍攝的檔案照裡，可見肯亞西北部一群當地婦女在圖爾卡納湖邊抓魚。但這片偏遠的肯亞圖爾卡納區後來卻頻頻遭受旱災肆虐，而今在用了衛星探測技術發現大片地下蓄水層後，可能不久就會有大量的水湧出了。文∕編譯楊慧莉