{
  "id": 3257218,
  "title": "Survivors of Guinea's deadly landfill collapse say authorities ignored warnings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/survivors-of-guineas-deadly-landfill-collapse-say-authorities-ignored",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T12:10:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260825-survivors-of-guinea-s-deadly-landfill-collapse-say-authorities-ignored-warnings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A landfill collapse in Guinea's capital Conakry has resulted in the deaths of at least 31 people, with 22 others injured, including six seriously. The disaster occurred in the Dar-es-Salam area, where a mound of rubbish collapsed onto nearby homes at around 02:00 local time, following heavy rain overnight.\n\nRescuers are using giant excavators to search for victims, and significant resources and personnel, including the military, have been deployed to the site. According to neighbourhood leader Lancine Sylla, 18 bodies have been pulled out and taken to the morgue. One woman reported that her five children died in the disaster.\n\nThe government has promised free medical care for the injured and support for families affected by the tragedy. This is not the first landslide tragedy to occur at the site, with 10 people killed there in 2017. The government had recently ordered people living close to the site to move, but many residents remained.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "31 people killed after rubbish landfill collapses in Guinea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/31-people-killed-after-rubbish-landfill-collapses-in-guinea",
        "published": "2026-08-24T21:47:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Guinea rubbish landfill collapse kills 31",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/guinea-rubbish-landfill-collapse-kills-31",
        "published": "2026-08-25T07:21:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}