Rubbish dump landslide kills at least 46 in Ethiopia
by Agence France-Presse in Addis Ababa from Environment | The Guardian on (#2FMPH)
Many victims are thought to have been people who scavenged for a living at Koshe landfill site
At least 46 people have died and dozens more have been injured in a giant landslide at Ethiopia's largest rubbish dump outside Addis Ababa, a tragedy squatters living there blamed on a biogas plant being built nearby.
Dozens of homes of squatters who lived in the Koshe landfill site, on the outskirts of the capital, were flattened when the largest pile of rubbish collapsed on Saturday.
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