At least 16 people were killed in a poor neighbourhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday when a mudslide buried their rickety homes.
An Associated Press reporter at the scene has counted 16 bodies that have been removed from the rubble. Rescue teams are still searching the mud for bodies in the West African country.
Friday's mudslide followed heavy rains the night before, which caused the hillside in the neighbourhood of Atecoube, where the homes were located, to become unstable.
Located between Liberia and Ghana, Ivory Coast is home to thousands of UN and French peacekeepers sent to uphold a 2007 peace agreement between rebels and the government.
