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 ...

Planning a trip to Ethiopia’s Omo Valley can be tricky without the right help — local guides are essential for navigating the remote villages, understanding tribal customs, and ensuring a respectful ...

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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With fewer than two thousand members, the Karo are one of the smallest tribes living along the Omo. They support themselves with fishing and sorghum farming, and by trading with the Hamar and the ...

African peoples, like the Mursi of Ethiopia and numerous peoples in Kenya, have depended on the Omo River for their existence. They now claim they will be ethnically cleansed and displaced by a ...

Indigenous communities in the Lower Omo River Valley of southwestern Ethiopia have taken ownership and management responsibilities of the Tama Wildlife Reserve through the creation of the Tama ...

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights has ruled that Ethiopia violated multiple provisions of the African Charter in its handling of the Gilgel Gibe III dam and Kuraz sugar projects, ...

The sun is just setting over Omo River when my boat glides to the fig-tree-shaded shore at Lale’s Camp. I’m barely two steps onto the riverbank before four Karo children have latched onto my hands.

A dam in southern Ethiopia built to supply electricity to cities and control the flow of water for irrigating industrial agriculture has led to the displacement and loss of livelihoods of indigenous ...