At least 30 people have died after a landfill collapsed in Guinea's capital, Conakry, officials said on Sunday.
Heavy rains overnight caused a large mound of rubbish to collapse at the Dar Es Salam landfill, burying nearby homes before dawn.
At least six other people were seriously injured.
Guinea's minister for territorial administration, Djenabou Toure, visited the site workers used excavators to search for more bodies.Workers used earthmovers for as part of the search-and-rescue operationImage: AFP
Landfill was slated for closure
