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02/04/2017 GMT

Emergency Services Search for Bodies in Colombia

BBC World Service - Newshour, Emergency Services Search for Bodies in Colombia

Environmentalists blame deforestation for high death toll following landslide in Mocoa

Environmentalists blame deforestation for the high death toll following the landslide in the city of Mocoa.

Some environmentalists in Colombia believe that deforestation has made the tragedy in Mocoa worse. Hundreds of members of the Colombian army and emergency services have joined the search operation in the Amazonian city, where more than two hundred people are known to have died.

Also in the programme: South Africa's Democratic Alliance charges former party leader over colonialism comments; Civil rights campaigner Darcus Howe dies at the age of 74.

(Photo: A man walks in a muddy street following mudslides caused by heavy rains in Mocoa, Putumayo department, southern Colombia on April 2, 2017. Credit: LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

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