Death toll from Uganda rubbish landslide climbs to 35

The accident occurred late last Friday, when a large chunk broke off the mound of rubbish at the Kiteezi landfill on the northern outskirts of Kampala.

Dozens of homes near the dump were buried while residents slept.

Nine more bodies have been retrieved since Wednesday, when 26 were reported dead.

Police said in a statement on the tragedy that it had been hard to identify some of the new bodies as they were in such bad shape.

The landslide followed torrential rains that have battered parts of the country in recent weeks, triggering extensive flooding and damage.

Residents near the landfill, which has for decades served as Kampala's only waste dump, have long complained of hazardous waste polluting the environment and posing a danger.

Similar tragedies elsewhere in Africa from poorly managed mountains of municipal rubbish include a 2017 incident in Ethiopia in which at least 115 people were killed.