At Least 30 Killed in Guinea Capital Landfill Collapse

At least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed onto nearby homes in Guinea’s capital Conakry, the government has said. Another 22 people were injured, including six seriously, in the city’s Dar-es-Salam area. Significant resources and personnel, including the military, have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at about 02:00 local time following heavy rain overnight. One woman told local media that five of her children died in the disaster, and officials fear the death toll will rise further. Rescue teams using excavators have combed through a mountain of scattered rubbish at the site as residents gathered nearby. Guinea’s Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah visited the scene to assess the situation and oversee search efforts. Neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla told AFP he feared a heavy death toll. “We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue,” he said. Another landslide at the same site killed 10 people in 2017.

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