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

Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that ...

The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country ...

Images taken soon after the spill show masses of dead fish washed up on the banks of the Kafue River, as far as 60 miles downstream from the mine. The facility is owned by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia ...

The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings ... dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the Kafue River, Zambia’s most important waterway, the engineering ...

The spill, which occurred on February 18 ... released an estimated 50 million litres of toxic material into a stream feeding the Kafue River, Zambia's most important waterway.

KITWE, Zambia (AP) — Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect ...

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 ...

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 ...