Guinea held a mass funeral on Friday for 36 people killed when part of a large garbage dump in Dar-es-Salam, a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital Conakry, collapsed during heavy rains overnight on 22–23 August. Many victims were asleep when the dump gave way; authorities confirmed the updated death toll includes 17 Sierra Leonean nationals. Thousands attended the ceremony, after which the bodies were buried at Bambeto cemetery, while around 20 people remain hospitalised and more than 1,600 have received emergency assistance.