Uganda: Landslides Kill Seven, Six Bodies Still Missing

Landslides caused by torrential rains have destroyed a number of villages in the mountainous district of Sironko, killing seven people on Monday evening, according to officials. Of the seven, officials say, only one body has been retrieved. The other six are trapped beneath the mud.

The LC1 chairperson, Mr Francis Namoso said the incident left people dead, homesteads and livestock buried, and crops destroyed.

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