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 told the AFP news agency it was “a disaster [that] was bound to happen”, and that “many, many more could be still buried”.