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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Carlos Mureithi East Africa correspondent and agencies

At least 229 people dead in Ethiopia after heavy rain causes mudslides

People stand at the bottom of a landslide
People search for survivors after a mudslide in Gofa Zone, Ethiopia. Photograph: Gofa Zone authority/ESN/AFP/Getty Images

At least 229 people have died in mudslides after heavy rain in south-western Ethiopia, in the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa country.

Officials in Kencho Shacha Gozdi district on Tuesday warned that the death toll could rise further as local people used shovels and their bare hands to search for survivors.

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