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Ethiopia’s great thirst for water power threatens survival of tribes

New dam threatens vital water supply of tribespeople.

‘It’s better to kill us first,” Olikoro says, naked apart from a piece of cloth slung over his shoulder. An AK 47 rests by his side as he stares at the Omo river and ­contemplates his stark, ruined future.

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