Amnesty: Regering ansvarlig for dødeligt jordskred på losseplads i Etiopien

Regeringen tillod fortsat skovling af affald på losseplads, der havde nået sin fulde kapacitet, og dermed er regeringen ansvarlig for det skred, som kostede over 60 mennesker livet i udkanten af Addis Ababa, mener Amnesty International.   
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Globalnyt

14. marts 2017

Læsetid: 2 min

Dozens are still missing since the landslide at the 36-hectare Repi municipal dumpsite in Addis Ababa on 11 March, and many families have been left homeless after their makeshift houses were buried under tonnes of waste.

“The Ethiopian government is fully responsible for this totally preventable disaster. It was aware that the landfill was full to capacity but continued to use it regardless. It also let hundreds of people continue to live in close proximity to it,” said Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International's Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes. 

The Ethiopian government is fully responsible for this totally preventable disaster. It was aware that the landfill was full to capacity but continued to use it regardless

Had no option

Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes