The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 13, police said on Sunday, as rescue personnel continued to dig for survivors.
On Saturday, the Kampala Capital City Authority had put the death toll at eight.
The landfill site, known as Kiteezi, has served as Kampala’s sole garbage dump for decades and had turned into a big hill.
Efforts by the city authority to procure a new landfill site have dragged on for years.
In 2017 at least 115 people were killed in Ethiopia, crushed by a landslide at a garbage dump in Addis Ababa.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Kampala Capital, Authority, Cross
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Uganda’s, Kampala, Uganda, Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mozambique, Maputo