NAIROBI, Aug 4 - Fourteen people were killed in a landslide near a monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara region, the state-run Amhara Media Corporation said late on Monday.

• The landslide occurred near the Tsadkane Mariam Monastery in Amhara's North Shewa zone, the broadcaster said.

• Search teams supported by excavation machinery were working to recover bodies, it said.

• The Amhara Media Corporation report did not say what caused the landslide, but independent news reports said it was triggered by heavy rains.

• Ethiopia is in its main rainy season, which runs from June to September. REUTERS

Landslide kills 14 in Ethiopia's Amhara region, state media says