March 16 (UPI) -- The death toll has risen to 113 after a massive landslide at a landfill near the Ethiopian capital buried a slum's ramshackle housing, local officials said. Ethiopian Communications Minister Negeri Lencho said workers are still digging through the massive pile of decaying garbage days after the landslide in an effort to recover more victims. Hundreds of Ethiopians had built shacks atop the mountain of refuse, which unexpectedly gave way Wednesday for reasons officials have yet to explain. Some 350 permanent residents at the landfill have been relocated since the incident, officials told the BBC. The government declared three official days of mourning in the wake of the incident.

Source: Ethiopian News March 16, 2017 05:37 UTC