Facing risk of disease, Sierra Leone buries mudslide dead
A heavy machine is seen during work at the place of the mudslide in the mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/ FREETOWN, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Facing the threat of disease, Sierra Leone on Wednesday began burying hundreds of victims of a mudslide that swept away homes on the edge of the capital, one of Africa's worst flood disasters in living memory. Hundreds of Freetown residents queued to identify relatives crushed by the mud on Monday in a valley on the outskirts of Freetown. Aid workers warned of an ...
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