In Ethiopia during the collapse of a garbage dump outside of Addis Ababa has killed at least 46 people, said the Minister of communications of the country, Negri, Lena.

Officials are investigating how the collapse occurred on a garbage dump in Cauchy said Leno. "This is a sad story, because the government is trying to resettle the people living in the area, said Leno. The government has also established a factory for the processing of waste at the landfill into electricity, he said.

He added that the security personnel are still looking for people who are reported missing during a landslide, and that the government is working to resettle the affected families. Many people at the dump "was desperate for friends and family," said on his page on Facebook, a non-governmental organization "Hope for Korea", canadian non-governmental organization that helps people living in the area.

Some of the people trapped in the landslide, called from their phones in the hope of rescue, the group said. According to NGO representatives, a woman and her three children managed to climb to a safe place, as their house caught in a mudslide.

A similar landslide occurred in December 2015 in a landfill in Shenzhen, China, resulting in 58 people were killed.
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