Ethiopia rubbish landslide kills 48 in Addis Ababa

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

At least 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, officials say.

They say dozens of people are still missing since the landslide on Saturday night at the Koshe landfill. A resident said 150 people were there at the time.

A number of makeshift houses are now buried under tonnes of waste.
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A city spokeswoman told AP news agency that many children were among the dead.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39247381

[Stuart G]

1. Horrific..very sad...nt

[patricia92243]

2. The movie "Idiocracy" come to life - big trash heaps falling down. n/t

[Lucky Luciano]

4. Or very poor people scavenging for scraps killed in horrific tragedy. nt

[shenmue]

3. Awful

[LoisB]

5. This is so sad. I saw a "garbage mountain" like this in the Dominican Republic.

[dhill926]

6. god almighty this is horrible....

[Glimmer of Hope]

7. That is horrible. I spent a month in Ethiopia and love the country so much.

[nikibatts]

8. The world needs to be engaging in solid waste technology instead of weapons of war manufacturing.

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[Hortensis]

11. An Ethiopian IS! A waste-to-energy plant right next to this

mountain of waste. His family brought him to America as political exiles, he went to college and made a fortune in Silicon Valley while still in school, "retired," and returned to Ethiopia to make a difference. When complete, the plant should supply something like 30% of the city's energy needs.





Horrible tragedy is not all that's happening there. In fact, when you think how it usually takes horrible tragedy to bring these nations to our notice at all, we should just automatically assume far more good things are happening than we ever hear about. Or bother to read about. The link to this story is in the posted OP.

[JI7]

9. very sad

[Blue_Tires]

10. kick

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Ethiopia landslide: Number of dead at rubbish dump hits 113

The death toll from Saturday's landslide at a vast dump in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, has now risen to 113 people, local officials say.

A search operation at the Koshe landfill will continue overnight. As many as 150 people are believed to have been at the site during the landslide.

Meanwhile, the funerals of some of the victims have taken place.

The dump, which has served the city of four million for more than five decades, provided shelter for some.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39279210