Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says
A landslide at a landfill in Guinea’s capital killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted the collapse of a massive mound of waste that engulfed nearby tents and shacks.
Guinea’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Djenab Toure, announced on Thursday that the government was closing the landfill because of the danger it posed, especially during the ongoing rainy season, and said the waste was to be relocated outside Conakry.
Guinea holds the world’s largest bauxite reserves and richest untapped iron ore deposit at Simandou, where a massive mining project was launched in November.
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