Tribal Violence Hinders Access To Deadly PNG Landslide

While the official death toll could take days or weeks to compile, aid agencies and local leaders fear between 100 and 300 people may have perished in the landslide (Credit: AFP)

Nearby tribal violence has complicated recovery efforts at a catastrophic landslide in Papua New Guinea, aid workers said Sunday, as the search continued for hundreds of villagers feared dead under the rubble.

A once-bustling hillside village in Enga province was almost completely obliterated when the landslide struck in the early hours of Friday morning, burying scores of homes and the people sleeping inside.