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| Gold stories | | 10-2.Omo Valley | | Brent Stirton(South Africa) Getty Images | |
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An image of two Dassanech children in the Lower Omo Valley, South West
Ethiopia. The unique, intact tribal cultures of the remote Omo Valley are all
threatened by 3 new
dams which the Ethiopian Government is building to supply
hydro-electric power to Ethiopia's major cities. The dams will reduce the flow
of the Omo River to one fifth of its volume and remove the flood plain which is
so valuable to the Omo tribes for Agrarian purposes. Mass forced migration and
the break-up of these ancient cultures is likely to be the
result. | |
