At least 18 dead after landfill site collapses in Uganda’s capital

People gather at the site of a collapsed landfill in Kampala (AP)

At least 18 people were killed when a vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital collapsed, the Red Cross said.

Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which serves as a waste disposal site for much of Kampala, collapsed late on Friday.