Massive landslide at Ethiopia’s largest rubbish dump kills 30

MNA International Desk: At least 30 people were killed and dozens more hurt in a giant landslide at Ethiopia’s largest rubbish dump on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa.

The tragedy on Saturday saw dozens of homes of squatters living in the dump leveled after a part of the largest pile of rubbish at the Koshe landfill collapsed, reported news agency.

Construction materials, wooden sticks and plastic sheeting could be seen in the wreckage. According to local residents, some 50 houses with about seven people living in each of them were built on the trash.

People had built the houses about two to three years ago. People blamed the collapse on a new biogas plant being constructed on top of the hill.