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39 missing as death toll from Uganda garbage landslide rises to 26

People look on as an excavator as it searches for people trapped under debris after a landfill collapsed in Kampala on August 10, 2024. [AFP]

At least 39 people are still missing following a massive garbage landslide in the Ugandan capital Kampala at the weekend that has claimed 26 lives so far, police said Wednesday.

The dumpsite in the northern district of Kiteezi collapsed on Saturday after heavy rains, burying people, homes and livestock in mountains of fetid rubbish.

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