A trip to Addis Ababa’s city dump where hundreds literally scratch a living |The Guardian

By Caroline Knowles from Addis Ababa

My first sight of Koshe, Addis Ababa’s giant 50-year-old landfill site, is from the highway. It runs alongside it, and away from the road as far as the eye can see: a giant, murky, grey-brown raised area of partially decomposed rubbish, with occasional bright specks of colour. As my hopes rise from having found it, my heart sinks as I try to take it in. […] Continue reading