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| Ethiopia's rubbish landslide kills 15 in Addis Ababa | Ethiopia's rubbish landslide kills 15 in Addis Ababa |
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| At least 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, officials say. | At least 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, officials say. |
| They say dozens of people are still missing since the landslide on Saturday night at the Koshe garbage landfill. Some 150 people said to be at the site. | |
| A number of makeshift houses are now buried under tonnes of waste. | |
| The area has been a dumping ground for Addis Ababa's rubbish for more than five decades. | The area has been a dumping ground for Addis Ababa's rubbish for more than five decades. |
| Local resident Tebeju Asres told the AP news agency that the family's house had been swallowed by the landslide. | |
| "My mother and three of my sisters were there when the landslide happened. Now I don't know the fate of all of them." | |
| Many people had been scavenging at the site to make a living, and some had even resided there permanently. | |
| The authorities have been building Africa's first waste-to-energy plant near the landfill. | |
| They plan to burn rubbish from the capital's estimated four million people and convert it into electricity. |