3 DAYS MOURNING IN ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia declares three day-national mourning after fatal landslide By Aaron Maasho | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia has declared three days of national mourning for victims of a landslide at a rubbish landfill site in the capital Addis Ababa. Flags flew at half mast on Wednesday as the government announced that the death toll from the disaster that occurred at the 50-year-old Reppi dump on Saturday evening had risen to at least 72 people. On Tuesday, at least 17 bodies were pulled out from the site and buried at the nearby Abune Aregawi Church, attended by hundreds of grief-stricken family members. Emergency workers and police officers in Reppi told Reuters that the total number had risen to 82 by Tuesday evening. Dagmawit Moges, spokeswoman of the capital's administration, said search operations at the site were ongoing. "Searches are taking place and the n...
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