Deep in southwestern Ethiopia, where the Omo River carves through ancient valleys, something irreversible is happening.

The US$1.8 billion 1,870-MW Gibe III hydroelectric dam in the lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia has been completed, threatening the indigenous tribal communities and increasing conflict in the area. These ...

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English photographer Matilda Temperley has visited the remote Omo valley in Ethiopia, documenting the colourful traditions of the Surma people who live in the Rift Valley The tribes pictured in this ...

USAID, the UK's DFID and the World Bank are among those covering up for severe human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, inflicted during forced evictions to make way ...

With every generation, the chance to see some of the world’s last tribal people living authentically dwindles. When I visited the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia almost two decades ago, there were few ...

Ethnic Mursi women with a Lip plate (lip cup) carrying a pot and holding her baby with one hand at Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Women of the Mursi tribe may have their lips cut at the age of 15 or 16. A ...

Somali model Fatima Siad calls New York City home these days, but this winter, eager to reconnect with her East African roots, she took a trip to Ethiopia’s Omo River Valley—one of the last remaining ...

The Omo River empties into Lake Turkana, not far from where Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya come together. The river valley is difficult to reach; from Addis Ababa the road trip takes the better part ...

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