The head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is Ethiopian, said he was thinking of all the families affected and that a WHO team had been sent to support immediate health needs.
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July 23, 2024 18:18 UTC
CNN —The death toll from two landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to local authorities. The communication affairs department of Gofa Zone said Tuesday that 148 males and 81 females had been killed. Ethiopia is prone to landslides during the rainy season, according to geological surveys. Southern Ethiopia has previously suffered devastating landslides that killed and displaced dozens of people. In May 2018, 45 people were killed in twin landslides that happened within hours of each other in the West Arsi, Sidama, and Gamo Gofa zones.
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July 23, 2024 18:16 UTC
An Ethiopian refugee living in Kenya who is from a district near the disaster site described the area as rural, remote, and very mountainous, with weak soil that runs down to the ground below during heavy rains and landslides. He noted that similar disasters have occurred in the past, with more than 20 people killed last year and people dying almost every rainy season due to landslides and heavy rains in the area.The South Ethiopia state had already been affected by seasonal rains between April and early May, causing flooding and mass displacement, according to the UN's humanitarian response agency OCHA. In May, floods affected more than 19,000 people in several zones, displacing over 1,000 and causing damage to livelihoods and infrastructure.Previous landslides in Ethiopia include a 2016 incident in Wolaita, South Ethiopia, where 41 people were killed following heavy rains, and a 2017 disaster in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, where 113 people died when a mountain of garbage collapsed in a dump. The deadliest landslide in Africa occurred in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, in August 2017, claiming 1,141 lives. In February 2010, mudslides in the Mount Elgon region of eastern Uganda killed more than 350 people.
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July 23, 2024 17:45 UTC
Addis Ababa, July 23 (UNI) The death toll from Monday's landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 229, the local government said on Tuesday. The deadly landslide occurred on Monday morning at around 10:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) in southern Ethiopia's Geze Gofa District. The deaths include 148 males and 81 females, according to a statement issued by the Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department. As part of rescue efforts, the Ethiopian Red Cross Association and professionals from neighboring regions and zones are currently at the site, helping the victims. The deadly landslide occurred as Ethiopia is in the midst of a rainy season, which started in July and is expected to last until mid-September.
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July 23, 2024 17:42 UTC
ADDIS ABABA: Humanitarian agencies were scrambling Tuesday to send desperately needed aid to a remote area of southern Ethiopia where a landslide has killed more than 200 people in the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation. Images published on social media by the Gofa authority showed residents carrying bodies on makeshift stretchers, some wrapped in plastic sheeting. It quoted local administrator Dagemawi Ayele as saying that most of the victims were buried after they went to help local residents hit by a first landslide following heavy rains. He said there needed to be a “solid assessment and scientific investigation” into the cause of the landslide. The deadliest landslide in Africa was in Sierra Leone’s capital in Freetown in August 2017, when 1,141 people perished.
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July 23, 2024 17:25 UTC
Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as "Reach Out, I'll Be There" and "Standing in the Shadows of Love," has died at age 88. Fakir died Monday of heart failure at his home in Detroit, according to a family spokesperson, with his wife and other loved ones by his side. Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a statement that Fakir helped embody the Tops' "showmanship, class and artistry. While the Temptations and other peers suffered from drug problems, dissension and personnel changes, the Four Tops remained united and intact until Payton died in 1997. Fakir later toured as the Four Tops with lead vocalist Alexander Morris, Ronnie McNeir and Lawrence 'Roquel' Payton Jr., the son of Lawrence Payton.
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July 23, 2024 17:23 UTC
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ADDIS ABABA - The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has jumped to 229 and could rise further as the search for survivors and casualties continued into a second day, a government official said on Tuesday. A landslide buried people in Gofa zone in Southern Ethiopia regional state on Sunday night, then a second one engulfed others who had gathered to help on Monday morning. We are still recovering bodies," Markos Melese, head of the National Disaster Response agency in Gofa Zone, told Reuters by phone. On Monday an official said at least 50 people had died and children and police officers were among the dead. "The death toll surged after the people who came to rescue also got trapped," said Gofa district administrator Misikir Mitiku.
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July 23, 2024 16:22 UTC
The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia rose to at least 229, a local official in the remote Gofa Zone said on Tuesday, as the search for survivors continued into the second day. The landslides occurred on Sunday evening and Monday morning in a remote mountainous region after heavy rains. Hundreds of people gather at the site of a mudslide in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, Gofa Zone, southern Ethiopia, Monday, July 22, 2024. Accept Manage my choicesGofa is located in the South Ethiopia regional state, roughly 450 kilometres (270 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa, though the distance takes around 10 hours to drive. In 2016, 41 people were killed in a landslide following heavy rains in Wolaita, also in South Ethiopia.
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July 23, 2024 16:13 UTC
The Four Tops' Abdul 'Duke' Fakir dead at 88Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving member of beloved Motown group The Four Tops, has passed away at the age of 88. He died at his home in Detroit from heart failure, his family confirmed on Monday. The Four Tops became one of the best-known bands of the Motown era after forming in the late 1950s. The group is known for classic hits such as Reach Out I'll Be There, Baby I Need Your Loving and I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch). “As the last living founding member of the iconic The Four Tops music group, we find solace in Duke’s legacy living on through his music for generations to come.”
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July 23, 2024 15:50 UTC
ADDIS ABABA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 229 as rescue operations are currently underway, local government officials said on Tuesday. Additional accidents that occurred Monday morning eventually buried an unknown number of local community members who had gathered at the scene for rescue efforts. Local officials also said the death toll is likely to rise as more and more dead bodies are being recovered buried under the mud. The deadly landslide occurred as Ethiopia is in the midst of a rainy season, which started in July and is expected to last until mid-September. As part of rescue efforts, the Ethiopian Red Cross Association and professionals from neighboring regions and zones are currently at the site, helping the victims.
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July 23, 2024 15:44 UTC
TV BRICS is strengthening information collaboration with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which joined BRICS in 2024. Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), the news agency of the Ethiopian government, is starting its work with the media network. In the presence of the two countries' diplomats, the respective document was signed by CEO of TV BRICS Janna Tolstikova and ENA CEO Seife Deribe Endale. Evgeniy Terekhin, Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia, also expressed confidence that ENA and TV BRICS would work in the interests of all BRICS member states. TV BRICS, in partnership with the Durban University of Technology (South Africa) and the South African BRICS Youth Association (SABYA), provides media support for the Africa BRICS Youth Forum and the World Festival of African Arts and Culture.
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July 23, 2024 15:27 UTC
Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department/ ESN/ AFPADDIS ABABA — The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen sharply to 157 and could increase further, a government official said on Tuesday. A landslide buried people in Gofa zone in Southern Ethiopia regional state, then a second one engulfed others who had gathered to help on Monday morning. The area is very challenging," Markos Melese, head of the National Disaster Response agency in Gofa Zone, told Reuters by phone. "We have so far recovered 157 bodies from two villages...We believe the number will increase." "The death toll surged after the people who came to rescue also got trapped," said Gofa district administrator Misikir Mitiku.
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