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Ethiopia landslide kills 14 at monastery ritual, search continues for missing

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Ethiopia landslide kills 14 at monastery ritual, search continues for missing

A landslide on Monday (August 3, 2026) triggered by heavy rainfall in Ethiopia’s Amhara region killed 14 people and injured seven others, while an unknown number of people remain unaccounted for as search and rescue efforts continue. The landslide occurred at Tsadqane Debre Mitmaq St. Mary Monastery, where hundreds of worshippers had gathered for a…

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Scramble to send aid after Ethiopia landslide kills over 200

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Scramble to send aid after Ethiopia landslide kills over 200

Humanitarian agencies were scrambling on July 23 to send desperately needed aid to a remote area of southern Ethiopia where a landslide has killed more than 200 people in the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn of Africa nation. Crowds gathered at the site of the tragedy in an isolated and mountainous area of…

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Death toll in southern Ethiopia mudslides rises to at least 157 as search operations continue

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Death toll in southern Ethiopia mudslides rises to at least 157 as search operations continue

In this handout photo released by Gofa Zone Government Communication Affairs Department, hundreds of people gather at the site of a mudslide in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, Gofa Zone, southern Ethiopia, on July 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP At least 157 people were killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia that…

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