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Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 212 words · By Reuters
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What to know about Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says

(0200 GMT) in the Gbessia commune of Conakry, according to a government statement.

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What happened

(0200 GMT) in the Gbessia commune of Conakry, according to a government statement.

Why it matters

- The death toll was 30, with six people seriously injured and 16 more lightly injured, the statement said.

Common ground

- Rescue operations were continuing at the site of the landslide, which witnesses said was large enough to bury an apartment building along with more precarious dwellings.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Guinea holds the world's largest bauxite reserves”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Hindu, West African Industrial Minerals, and Tigui Mining Group, confirm that Guinea holds the world's largest bauxite reserves.
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web search NEUTRAL — Guinea has the world’s largest reserves of bauxite and boasts 23%, having 7.4 billion dry tonnes out of the world’s 30 billion dry tonnes as at 2023. It became the world’s second main exporter after a…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/west-african-industrial-miner…
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web search NEUTRAL — Guinea possesses the world's largest reserves of bauxite and largest untapped high-grade iron ore reserves (Simandou), as well as gold and diamonds.
https://www.tiguimininggroup.com/guinea
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2021, Guinea was Africa's largest producer of bauxite and was the world's third-largest miner of the mineral in 2021, trailing only China and Australia. With a production of 86 000 metric tons in 2…
https://www.africangreenminerals.com/countries/guinea
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Claim 2: “richest untapped iron ore deposit at Simandou, where a massive mining project was launched in November.”
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Wikipedia confirms Simandou is a very large high-grade iron-ore deposit. Two other sources (The New Times and a financial report) confirm it is the world's largest untapped deposit and that commercial operations/shipments launched in November 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Simandou mine is a very large, high-grade iron-ore deposit in the southern highlands of Guinea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simandou_mine
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web search NEUTRAL — Developing iron-ore mining in Guinea. 11 November 2025. The New Times (Kigali).The Simandou deposit is divided into four mining blocks, jointly managed through a partnership between Guinea's governmen…
https://allafrica.com/stories/202511120091.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project has officially launched commercial operations After decades of development, the world’s largest untapped iron ore deposit began its first shipments in November 2025.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-william-monteiro-36a76…
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Claim 3: “3.7 million of its 15.1 million people living on less than $4.20 per day, according to a World Bank report published in April.”
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The Hindu reports the specific figures (3.7 million out of 15.1 million living on less than $4.20/day), and the World Bank source corroborates the use of the $4.20 per day poverty line for Guinea.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country located in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the nor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. The group is the largest development bank in the world. It is headquartere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa and the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa. It has an area of 28,000 square kilom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea
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Claim 4: “The death toll was 30, with six people seriously injured and 16 more lightly injured, the statement said.”
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The specific death toll of 30, with 6 seriously injured and 16 lightly injured, is reported by AOL and corroborated by Wikipedia (2026 in Guinea) and Anadolu Ajansı regarding the death toll.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2026 in Guinea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Guinea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport (IATA: CKY, ICAO: GUCY), also known as Gbessia International Airport, is an airport serving Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. It paral…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Sékou_Touré_Internationa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 31 May 2026. This was the first legislative election since the 2021 Guinean coup d'état, in which President Alpha Condé was deposed by General Mamady Dou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Guinean_parliamentary_ele…
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Claim 5: “Guinea's minister of territorial administration, Djenab Toure, announced on Thursday that the government was closing the landfill because of the danger it posed”
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Three independent web sources confirm that Minister Djenab Toure announced the closure of the landfill on Thursday due to safety risks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Guinea’s Minister of Territorial Administration Djenab Toure announced the landfill’s closure on Thursday, saying the site was unsafe and that the waste would be moved outside Conakry.Tokyo to launch …
https://caliber.az/en/post/guinea-landfill-landslide-kills-3…
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web search NEUTRAL — Guinea's minister of territorial administration, Djenab Toure, announced on Thursday that the government was closing the landfill because it was unsafe and said the waste was to be relocated outside C…
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-906369
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web search NEUTRAL — Guinea's Minister of Territorial Administration, Djenab Toure, announced on Thursday that the Government was closing the landfill because it was unsafe and said the waste would be relocated outside Co…
https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/guinea-landslide-rubbish-l…
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Claim 6: “The incident occurred at around 2 a.m. (0200 GMT) in the Gbessia commune of Conakry, according to a government statement.”
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Multiple independent sources (The Hindu, AOL, Anadolu Ajansı, and Wikipedia) confirm the incident occurred at approximately 0200 GMT in the Gbessia commune of Conakry.
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web search NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2026 in Guinea. Incumbents.23 August – A landslide occurs at a landfill in the Gbessia commune of Conakry, killing 30 people.[11].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Guinea
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web search NEUTRAL — The landslide took place at around 2 a.m. (0200 GMT) in the Gbessia commune of Conakry, according to a government statement. The death toll was 30, with six people seriously injured and 16 more lightl…
https://www.aol.com/articles/landslide-guinea-landfill-kills…
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web search NEUTRAL — The landslide struck at about 2 am local time (0200GMT), engulfing nearby tents and shacks in the Gbessia commune, according to The Guardian.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/30-killed-in-landslide-at-gu…
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.