By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, October 16/2020 – The coming March, 2021 will mark the fifth year since the one and only landfill dump site in Addis Abeba Reppi (locally named Qoshe) collapsed and killed more than 115 individuals and displaced the remaining without any assets. A three-day nationwide …

Compiled by Samuel Bogale Addis Abeba, September 15/2017 –  On September 14, at around 11:00 am local time, one person was killed buried under a pile of garbage that a collapsed on him.   According to the weekly Addis Fortune, the victim was “Kassahun Fekade, married and a father of six …

  Mahlet Fasil Addis Abeba, March 17, 2017 – For the second time in less than six months, the Ethiopian ruling party EPRDF-dominated parliament has declared a three-day nationwide mourning. This time it is for the victims of a devastating collapse of a mountain of solid waste located 13 km …