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Jose Tembe Kalkidan Yibeltal & Grant Ferrett
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For months, families affected by a deadly rubbish dump collapse in Mozambique have not received the financial support promised to them by the government. Heavy fighting has flared up again in several parts of the Ethiopian region of Amhara, where government troops are battling local militia.
The dump, which was known to be home to some of the capital city's poorest residents, collapsed six years ago. Artillery has been used in the latest clashes between soldiers and the Fano militia.
At least 17 people were killed and many more who built makeshift camps amid the rubbish were made homeless. The Ethiopian authorities have banned any movement on a road linking two cities - Debre Birhan and Dese - potentially signalling a major offensive. The army says it cleared another route, south of the town of Merawi.
In response to the disaster, the government pledged 30,000 Mozambiquan meticais (£370; $470) per quarter to each affected family. Residents who spoke
Land and Environment Minister Ivete Maibaze has now responded to complaints from an association for the victims, which says that for the past five months 120 families have stopped receiving the payments. to the BBC have described Monday's clashes as “intense.”
Ms Maibaze says the government is trying to obtain the financing to continue the support. Earlier this month, Ethiopia's human rights watchdog, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, said troops had carried out dozens of extra-judicial killings in the town. The government denied that civilians had been targeted.
“We It recently extended a state of emergency in the Amhara region.
will continue to pay the housing rental subsidy to families who have not yet The unrest began last year when the government in Addis Ababa tried to disarm the militia in Amhara after the end of the war in the neighbouring Tigray region.
received their homes, until they are resettled," she said.
"However, we have maintained
communication with this group whenever we have encountered difficulties in
paying.”
António
Massingue, the president of the victims' association, said the
information available is that families will receive their payments as soon as this
year's budget is approved, at the end of March.
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