Landslide victims in Mozambique demonstrate for better housing.

The government pledged to cover the victims' rent until their permanent homes, which are still being built, were finished.

Landslide victims in Mozambique demonstrate for better housing.

Victims of a garbage tip landslide in Maputo, Mozambique's capital, have been protesting in front of the municipal council buildings in Maputo, demanding that the authorities pay their rent while they wait for promised new dwellings.

Residents claim they have not received their rent for four months, putting them at risk of being evicted during the rainy season.

The government pledged to cover the victims' rent until their permanent homes, which are still being built, were finished.

At least 17 people were killed in a landslide near the Hulene waste dump, around 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) from Maputo city.

So yet, just about 50 of the approximately 300 families impacted have been re-housed.