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| Gold stories | | 10-3.Omo Valley | | Brent Stirton(South Africa) Getty Images | |
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An image of a Dassanech women in the Lower Omo Valley carrying thorns with
which to build a cattle kraal, 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. | |
