The country's unique southwestern region, bisected by the Omo River, is also widely known as ... of the massive Gibe 3 hydroelectric dam a few hundred kilometers upriver. Once the dam is completed ...

and tribes in Ethiopia could be forced to rely on food aid if a dam being built on the famous Omo River is not halted. One man from the Omo Valley’s Kwegu tribe, said, ‘Our land has become bad.

a giant hydroelectric dam built by Ethiopia on the River Omo, which feeds the lake. “We are now seeing Nile perch stocks drastically reduce,” said fisherman Fitbo Lalukol. He says boats must ...