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

This past week, I returned from a remarkable trip along the Omo River in the remote southwestern region of Ethiopia. Traveling through this amazing country, you quickly realize that many North ...

Food insecurity, famine and malnutrition have blighted the agropastoralist communities of the Lower Omo River Valley in southwestern Ethiopia. A government source blames a long-term drought for 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 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia has officially opened the Gibe 3 hydroelectric dam, which is among the biggest in Africa, despite concerns by environmentalists about its impact downstream and upon ...

Art ventures into the Omo Valley, Ethiopia’s nearly inaccessible and richest tribal zone. Ethiopia is like no other place in Africa. In this episode, Art ventures into the Omo Valley, Ethiopia’s ...

The Lower Omo Valley in southwest Ethiopia is home to more than 200,000 people, living in villages along the shores of the mighty Omo River, which meanders for 500 miles through the central highlands ...

(Nairobi) – New satellite imagery shows extensive clearance of land used by indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, Human Rights Watch and ...

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 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia on Saturday officially opened the Gibe 3 hydroelectric dam, which is among the biggest in Africa, despite concerns by environmentalists about its impact ...