The Lower Omo Valley in south-western Ethiopia is a vast and rugged region of mountains and valleys, inhabited largely by nomadic agro-pastoralist tribes numbering some 200,000 people. Many live a simple existence, l ...

After a long, always troubled and often bloody journey, South Sudan's independence is just days away. July 9th will be a historic day for Sudan, for Africa and for the world. It will mark the end of a long, hard stru ...