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  "id": 2964064,
  "title": "Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/guinea-rubbish-landfill-collapse-kills-30-2964064",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T06:38:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital FM Kenya",
    "slug": "capital-fm-kenya",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/guinea-rubbish-landfill-collapse-kills-30/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LAGOS, Nigeria – A rubbish mound at a major waste site collapsed onto nearby homes in Conakry, Guinea's capital, killing at least 30 people and injuring 22 more, including six severely, on August 24. The government deployed significant resources and personnel, including the military, to search for survivors following heavy rain overnight. One woman lost all five of her children in the disaster. Fears of an even higher death toll persist, and rescuers used excavators to sift through the scattered rubble at the site, as local residents gathered nearby. Guinea's Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah visited the scene to evaluate the situation and coordinate the search efforts. A neighborhood leader expressed concern about the heavy death toll, stating that 18 bodies had already been pulled out and taken to the morgue.",
  "summary": "Another 22 people were injured, including six seriously, in the city's Dar-es-Salam area.",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/guinea-rubbish-landfill-collapse-kills-30",
        "published": "2026-08-24T02:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 30",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/guinea-rubbish-landfill-collapse-kills-30-2929615",
        "published": "2026-08-24T03:20:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "30 killed after huge pile of rubbish collapses in Guinea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/30-killed-after-huge-pile-of-rubbish-collapses-in-guinea",
        "published": "2026-08-24T09:01:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}