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DR Congo accuses Angola of polluting major river

River Congo

DRC says pollution has harmed the health of the inhabitants of Tshikapa in Kasai province, causing diarrhoea. PHOTO | AFP

By  PATRICK ILUNGA

Contributor

In Kinshasa,

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have pointed an accusing finger at a mine in Angola for polluting two tributaries of the Congo River, the second longest in Africa.

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