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Despair and anger in Conakry after deadly landfill collapse

Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslide struck a dumpsite in Conakry, Guinea

CONAKRY - Abou Hamza, an outraged resident of the Dar es Salam neighbourhood of Conakry where a landfill collapse killed 30 people over the weekend, said that locals had tried to warn Guinea's authorities about the danger.

The garbage dump in the suburbs of the capital collapsed onto a residential area in the early hours of Sunday following heavy rain, injuring 22 people and wiping away several homes.

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