Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 22 people

By AFP and AP. Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026.

Key points

• The site was designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lieutenant Colonel Balde Mamadou Bailo, sanitation officer for the Military Engineering Battalion.
• A mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killing at least 30 individuals, according to a goverment statement.
• Lancine Sylla, the head of the Dar-es-Salaam suburb, where the incident occurred, remarked he feared a high death toll.
• "We have pulled out 18 bodies that were taken to the morgue, " he informed the AFP news agency.
• The administration lately has ordered the expulsion of individuals near the landfill and safety measures around the site as of a fear of collapses.

In practice, a mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killing at least 30 individuals, according to a goverment statement.

Six others were additionally seriously injured after heavy rains in the Bbessia district's Dar-es-salam neighbourhood triggered a landslide at the landfill around 3 am (15: 00 GMT) on Sunday. It buried nearby shacks.

For context, the site was designated for closure on Sunday, according to Lieutenant Colonel Balde Mamadou Bailo, sanitation officer for the Military Engineering Battalion.

Guinea's minister for territorial administration, Djenabou Toure, went to the site and remarked she was waiting for the search and rescue operation to finish to provide an official casualty figure.

Meanwhile, the administration lately has ordered the expulsion of individuals near the landfill and safety measures around the site as of a fear of collapses.

This is a developing story. We will bring you more information as we obtain it.

Taken together, the developments around landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 22 people point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.