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Images of the Mbankolo district, on the north-western outskirts of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, following the collapse of a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses. The landslide was caused by torrential rain on the evening of 8 October. At least 27 people have been killed in the collapse. IMAGES
Lima, Feb 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Mikhail Huacán/File) Defending human rights in Peru and participating in protests have claimed the lives of 220 people, while almost a thousand have been criminalized, according to a report published this Thursday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS).FOOTAGE OF PROTESTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PERU
La Guaira, Venezuela, Dec 13 (EFE), (Camera: Jackdwin Sáez).- It has been 20 years and in La Guaira, just 30 kilometers from Caracas, nobody has forgotten the worst natural disaster in the country. La Guaira inhabitants see how the reconstruction of their region remains incomplete two decades later. FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA. SOUNDBITES OF: -LINDA VARGAS:“Vargas has been recovered by locals. People could recover their homes, their business thanks to their own willing. Many people migrated to other places within the country, many of them to Margarita, Caracas…” -JAIRO SUÁREZ:“Nowadays our house is still standing, we live in it. We are afraid when it rains, many people are traumatized, but thank God, we recovered (our house), but we’re always afraid because this gorge was blocked in the lower part. They are working on new parking spaces in the Stadium…” -ROSANA LÓPEZ:“They didn’t do it as they had to, especially regarding the white and black waters, because when it rains there’s a flood because they built the sewers in the wrong way and everytime it rains even a bit, there’s a flood.”
Colombians hold a mass funeral for 24 victims of a landslide that buried eight houses and left at least 33 people dead early Sunday. IMAGES
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