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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Aymeric VINCENOT

Hunt For Survivors After Around 150 Die In Ethiopia Landslide

Local authorities showed crowds of locals at the site of the tragedy after the landslide in the isolated Geze-Gofa district of southern Ethiopia (Credit: AFP)

Local residents were desperately searching for survivors on Tuesday after a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia killed around 150 people, the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation.

Crowds of people were gathered at the site of the tragedy, some clawing through the mud with shovels or their bare hands, according to images posted on social media by the local authority.

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