The death toll from landslides that hit south-western Ethiopia on Sunday and Monday has risen to 257 and could reach 500, the UN’s office for humanitarian affairs (OCHA) says. The death toll stood at 229 on Tuesday, according to Ethiopia’s national disaster risk management commission. More than 15,000 affected people need to be evacuated immediately because of the risk of more landslides, it said. Gofa is a remote area in the South Ethiopia regional state. The deadliest landslide in Africa was in Sierra Leone’s capital in Freetown in August 2017, when 1,141 people were killed.

Source: Ethiopian News July 25, 2024 14:40 UTC