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| Gold stories | | 10-9.Omo Valley | | Brent Stirton(South Africa) Getty Images | |
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Images of Beshadar boys playing on the banks of the Omo river in the 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. | |
