Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 30 people

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Heavy rains wash over the site, triggering a landslide that buries several shacks.Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026A mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, killing at least 30 people, according to a goverment statement.Six others were also seriously injured after heavy rains in the Bbessia district’s Dar-es-salam neighbourhood triggered a landslide at the landfill around 3 am (15:00 GMT) on Sunday, which buried nearby shacks.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Landslide kills 13 at illegal gold mine in Colombia’s southwestlist 2 of 4Landslide at illegal gold mine kills 13 people in Colombialist 3 of 4Peru rescues people trapped by landslides on highway for nearly a weeklist 4 of 4‘It was a tsunami’: Floods leave death trail in India’s Assamend of listThe site was designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lieutenant Colonel Balde Mamadou Bailo, sanitation officer for the Military Engineering Battalion.Lancine Sylla, the head of the Dar-es-Salaam suburb, where the incident occurred, said he feared a high death toll.“We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue,” he...