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A year on, Ugandans still suffering from deadly garbage collapse

A Red Cross officer runs for help following a landfill collapse in Kampala on August 10, 2024. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)

When the giant landfill collapsed in Uganda's capital Kampala a year ago, Zamhall Nansamba thought she was hearing an aeroplane taking off.

Then came screams and a giant wave of garbage rushing towards her, ripping up trees as it went.

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