Guinea landfill collapse kills 30, government says

Guinea's government said 30 people were killed when a mound of rubbish at a landfill in the capital, Conakry, collapsed onto neighbouring homes before dawn Sunday after heavy rains.

The collapse happened in the Dar es Salam suburb. Witnesses and district chief Lancine Sylla had earlier told AFP that bodies had been recovered from the site, and Sylla said he feared a heavy toll.

Guinea's minister for territorial administration, Djenabou Toure, visited the site earlier and said she was waiting for search and rescue operations to finish before giving an official death toll.

The government had recently ordered people to leave the area and called for safety measures around the site because of fears of collapses.