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 ...

When the rainy season finishes, a few tourists head into the south of Ethiopia, close to the borders with Kenya and South Sudan. They’re searching for one of the last African tribes that pierce and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mursi of Ethiopia is a fascinating tribe. They live in the beautiful Omo Valley, in one of the most isolated regions of Ethiopia. Their habitat is an extremely hard-to-reach area between the ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

1. The Nenets are nomadic reindeer herders, fishermen, and hunters of the tundra. They inhabit an area between the White Sea and the base of the Taymyr Peninsula, located in what country? 2. The Mayo ...