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WORLD NEWS Monday 13 March 2017
46 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia

garbage dump landslide

ELIAS MESERET dumping at the site in re- occurred at Koshe — or
Associated Press cent months likely caused “dirty” in the local Amhar-
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia the landslide, Assefa said. ic language — in the past
(AP) — A mountain of trash The dumping had stopped two years but only two or
gave way in a massive in recent years, but it re- three people were killed,
garbage dump on the out- sumed after farmers in Assefa said.
skirts of Ethiopia’s capital, a nearby restive region “In the long run, we will
killing at least 46 people where a new garbage conduct a resettling pro-
and leaving several dozen landfill complex was being gram to relocate people
missing, residents said, as built blocked dumping in who live in and around the Police officers secure the perimeter at the scene of a garbage
officials vowed to relocate their area. landfill,” the Addis Ababa landslide, as excavators aid rescue efforts, on the outskirts of the
those who called the land- Smaller collapses have mayor said.q capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, March 12, 2017.
fill home. Associated Press
Addis Ababa city spokes-
woman Dagmawit Moges
said most of the 46 dead
were women and children,
and more bodies were ex-
pected to be found in the
coming hours.
It was not immediately
clear what caused Sat-
urday night’s collapse at
the Koshe Garbage Land-
fill, which buried several
makeshift homes and con-
crete buildings. The land-
fill has been a dumping
ground for the capital’s
garbage for more than 50
years.
About 150 people were
there when the landslide
occurred, resident Assefa
Teklemahimanot told The
Associated Press. Addis
Ababa Mayor Diriba Kuma
said 37 people had been
rescued and were receiv-
ing medical treatment.
Dagmawit said two had
serious injuries.
Many people at the land-
fill had been scavenging
items to make a living, but
others live there because
renting homes, largely built
of mud and sticks, is rela-
tively inexpensive.
An AP reporter saw four
bodies taken away by
ambulances after being
pulled from the debris. El-
derly women cried, and
others stood anxiously wait-
ing for news of loved ones.
Six excavators dug through
the ruins.
“My house was right in-
side there,” said a shaken
Tebeju Asres, pointing to
where one of the excava-
tors was digging in deep,
black mud. “My mother
and three of my sisters
were there when the land-
slide happened. Now I
don’t know the fate of all
of them.”
The resumption of garbage