{"id":33236,"date":"2017-03-16T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T11:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ethiopia-rubbish-dump-landslide-death-toll-soars\/"},"modified":"2017-03-16T11:15:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T11:15:26","slug":"ethiopia-rubbish-dump-landslide-death-toll-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ethiopia-rubbish-dump-landslide-death-toll-soars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia rubbish dump landslide death toll soars to 113"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{The death toll from a landslide at Ethiopia&#8217;s largest rubbish dump in the capital Addis Ababa climbed to 113 on Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said.}<\/p>\n<p>The toll from Saturday&#8217;s disaster has &#8220;reached 113&#8221;, Dagmawit Moges, a spokeswoman for the Addis Ababa city administration, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Tragedy struck when part of the largest hillside at the Koshe rubbish dump collapsed, burying a slum that had been built on the landfill.<\/p>\n<p>Communications Minister Negeri Lencho said the majority of the dead were women, and that rescue operations are continuing.<\/p>\n<p>{{Searching }} <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As far as I know, they are still searching,&#8221; Lencho said, adding that he could not explain why the toll had risen so dramatically from a previous tally of 72 dead on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Koshe is the largest rubbish dump in Ethiopia, and home to a community of perhaps hundreds of people who collect and resell rubbish trucked in from around the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>The government tried to close the dump last year and move it to a new location, but opposition from people living near the new site forced them to reverse their decision.<\/p>\n<p>Koshe residents who spoke to AFP blamed the landslide on the building of a new biogas plant on top of the waste.<\/p>\n<p>They said bulldozers had destabilised the soil during construction.<\/p>\n<p>{{Investigation }} <\/p>\n<p>Lencho said an investigation into the tragedy was ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>He had earlier said slumdwellers may have inadvertently caused the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia&#8217;s parliament declared three days of national mourning starting from Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The government was helping relatives of the victims pay for their funeral costs, Lencho said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-18781 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pix2-5.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the main landfill of Addis Ababa on the outskirts of the city, after a landslide at the dump left more than 100 people dead. \" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The death toll from a landslide at Ethiopia&#8217;s largest rubbish dump in the capital Addis Ababa climbed to 113 on Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said.} The toll from Saturday&#8217;s disaster has &#8220;reached 113&#8221;, Dagmawit Moges, a spokeswoman for the Addis Ababa city administration, told AFP. 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