"My babies, my babies, my little daughter," cried one man wandering through the garbage dump in the Ethiopian capital, tears streaming down his face on Monday. The landslide late on Saturday destroyed 49 dwellings and left 28 people injured, city spokesman Amare Mekonen said. On Monday, rescuers used bulldozers to move piles of trash as hundreds of people gathered at the scene, weeping and praying. Meselu Damte said the weeping man had lost his wife and four children. It is criminal negligence," said Taye Woldeamanuel, a 48-year-old whose sister narrowly survived the landslide.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2017 19:52 UTC