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The death toll from a building that collapsed last Monday in South Africa's southern coastal city of George has reached 24, local authorities say. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has hosted his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, at a basketball game in capital city, Dakar.
Efforts continue to rescue and recover 28 other people who remain trapped under the rubble. The game took place on Sunday evening and featured Senegal’s AS Douanes and Rwanda’s APR Basketball Club. Both teams are competing in the Basketball Africa League.
Among those still trapped is Florence Kawunga, a 19-year-old woman who had been employed at the site as a cleaner, her family told the News24 website. Mr Kagame is among the first leaders to visit Senegal since Mr Faye, 44, was sworn in as Africa's youngest democratically-elected leader in April.
81 people were in the partially-constructed, five-storey building when it fell. The Rwandan president's visit to Senegal seeks to boost bilateral ties and promote cooperation in areas including trade, tourism and governance, the Rwandan presidency said.
Out of the 29 survivors who have been rescued, 13 remain hospitalised.
The cause of the collapse is being investigated.
The rescue effort includes 200 people with sniffer dogs, heavy lifting equipment and rescuers removing concrete blocks and debris by hand.
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