ADDIS ABABA: Emergency workers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa searched through a mountain of garbage for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday as the death toll from a landslide at a rubbish landfill site rose to 115. Dozens of victims have so far been buried at the Abune Aregawi Church nearby since Tuesday. Hundreds of people live near the dump, the city’s only landfill site. ADDIS ABABA: Emergency workers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa searched through a mountain of garbage for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday as the death toll from a landslide at a rubbish landfill site rose to 115. Hundreds of people live near the dump, the city’s only landfill site.

Source: Ethiopian News March 16, 2017 17:37 UTC