Interesting and offbeat content daily - Sep 23, 2008 Popular Fidelity,The Surma and Mursi tribes of East Africa’s Omo Valley go to great extremes to create unusual, eye-catching get-ups, each trying to top the outlandish hair
Africa's unique cultures, ancient faith coexist in Ethiopia - 15 Aug 2008 Dallas Morning News,Thanks to its location in Ethiopia's southern lowlands near the borders of Sudan and Kenya, the Lower Omo Valley, named after the majestic Omo River running
Making friends in Ethiopia - Jan 26, 2008 New Zealand Herald,The place where I collapsed was the town of Jinka in the Omo Valley, in southern Ethiopia, home to some of Africa's most fascinating tribes.
Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration From Africa - Feb 15, 2008 Financial Times,By Hans Silvester Photographer Hans Silvester travelled to the remote Omo valley to capture the striking body art of the local Surma and Mursi tribes.
Moving pictures - Feb 15, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,Eithne Farry reports At the borders of Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan lies the Omo Valley, one of the wildest places in Africa. It is home to the nomadic Surma
Locust swarms moving in the Rift Valley in Ethiopia - Jan 30, 2008 ReliefWeb (press release),Immature swarms were also present about 600 km to the southwest in the Konso area and Omo Valley of southwest Ethiopia within 50 km of the border of Kenya.
No guns at Ethiopian peace talks - Nov 24, 2007 BBC News,By Elizabeth Blunt The tribes of the South Omo Valley in Ethiopia recently held a gathering to discuss shared concerns and invited their neighbours from the
Africa: The Human Race Started in Africa - Jul 30, 2007 AllAfrica.com,This was in line with the discovery of the fossil of the oldest homo sapiens from Omo Valley at the border with Ethiopia and Kenya, which was carbon dated
Photographer's images show the joyous side of EthiopiaNov 5, 2006 Accompanied by a guide, she hitchhiked - "jumped trucks" - to see the tribes of the Omo Valley, an isolated region of southern Ethiopia. ... - Richmond Times Dispatch,
Hot spots for 2006Jan 28, 2006 ...region. The terrain ranges from the plateaus of the Simien highlands to the white-water rapids of the largely uninhabited Omo Valley. ... Providence Journal (subscription),
ETHIOPIA: Drought may worsen measles outbreak in east - UNICEFJan 18, 2006 Cases of meningitis have also broken out in Ethiopia's southern Omo Valley, the health ministry has reported, with about 85 people infected and five fatalities ... Reuters AlertNet,
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