Papua New Guinea landslide: More than 2,000 buried, says agency as international aid sought

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Locals gather at the site of a landslide at Mulitaka village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province. Photograph: STR/AFP via Getty Images The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide on Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is around three times more than a United Nations estimate of 670. In a letter seen by the Associated Press to the United Nations resident co-ordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the south Pacific island nation’s National Disaster Centre said the landslide “buried more than 2,000...