Landslides kill nearly 50 in Rwanda

Landslides kill nearly 50 in Rwanda Kigali (AFP) May 9, 2016 - At least 49 people were killed this weekend in landslides caused by torrential rains in rural Rwanda, the government said on Monday. Authorities had previously given a death toll of 20, many of them children, as downpours drenched the densely populated country of steep hills and deep valleys. "During the night of 7-8 May 2016, heavy rains caused landslides in several parts of Rwanda, res ... more

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