Ethiopia declares three days of mourning after landslide tragedy

Residents and volunteers digging in the mud in search of survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. [AFP]

Ethiopia announced on Friday three days of mourning following a devastating landslide in a southern remote part of the country where more than 250 people lost their lives.

Rescuers are continuing the grim search for bodies in the tiny locality of Kencho Shacha Gozdi, while distraught survivors bury those who perished in the disaster, the deadliest landslide on record in the Horn of Africa nation.