At least 24 people were killed and 28 others injured in a giant landslide of garbage inside a trash dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.<br/><br/>The head of the city communications bureau said, the landslide late yesterday levelled more than 30 makeshift homes of squatters living inside the Koshe landfill.<br/><br/>Many of the victims were squatters, who scavenged for valuables in the dump. He said, the number of victims is expected to increase because the landslide covered a relatively large area.<br/><br/>The Koshe site has for more than 40 years been one of the main garbage dumps for Addis Ababa, a rapidly growing city of some four million people.
News On AIR | March 12, 2017 7:25 PM
Landslide at Ethiopia garbage dump kills at least 24