Chinese-owned copper mines have been accused of ignoring safety, labor and other regulations in Zambia as they strive to ...

A major environmental disaster has struck Zambia. A once-thriving river was rendered lifeless overnight due to a massive ...

Zambia's Kafue river contaminated: An incident of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine has reportedly led to the contamination of the Kafue River, a major waterway in Zambia, potentially ...

This image taken from video Wednesday, February 19, 2025, shows dead fish in the Kafue River near the town of Luanshya, Zambia.(AP Photo/Richard Kille) The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a ...

This dam, designed to contain acidic waste, released an estimated 50 million litres of toxic material into a stream feeding the Kafue River, Zambia's most important waterway. The waste is a ...

The collapse allowed some 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the Kafue River, Zambia’s most important ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad An Associated Press reporter visited parts of the Kafue River, where dead fish could be seen washing up on the banks about 100 kilometers (60 miles ...