At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
At least 17 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain.
The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only one serving the whole of Kampala, a city home to an estimated four million people.
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”.
He told the AFP news agency that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing”.
The city authorities have reportedly been trying to find a new site for many years.
A huge hill formed by the build-up of rubbish collapsed late on Friday night, burying houses on the edge of the site while residents were asleep, reports the Reuters news agency.
President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into how people had been allowed to live so close to the “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”, and ordered the removal of those in what he called the “danger zone”.
On Saturday, the death toll was given as eight, including two children.
Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP on Sunday that more bodies had since been retrieved, while 14 people had been rescued.
Mr Onyango said that some 1,000 people had been forced to leave their homes because of the landslide. He did not specify how many had been living on the site, or whether they were living nearby.
Many people earn their living by trawling through the piles of rubbish looking for anything that can be resold.
The Uganda Red Cross has been providing tents to those in need of temporary shelter.
In the CBS interview, Mr Biden returned to the moment he decided to run against Mr Trump – when a gathering of far-right activists in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 turned deadly. He accused Trump of emboldening racists and the far-right.
He also repeated his concerns about what might happen after November’s election, saying he was “not confident at all” that there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Ms Harris defeats Trump.
He went on to say that he was concerned that there would be violence if Trump loses the election.
Trump commented at a rally in March that it would “be a bloodbath for the country” if he loses, however his campaign has repeatedly said he was referring to the economy and the auto industry and that Democrats have taken the quote out of context.
At the same time, the former president has repeatedly insisted, without evidence, that he was cheated out of victory in 2020 and has warned that there will be attempts to “rig” the vote this year. He has pledged to pardon some or all of the people convicted for rioting at the US Capitol in January 2021.
Mr Biden said he would be campaigning on behalf of Ms Harris and that he had spoken to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about touring the state. Mr Biden was born in the working-class city of Scranton, about 120 miles (190km) north-west of New York City.
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