Hippos die as DR Congo river contaminated with 'toxic' waste
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Toxicsubstances emitted in Angola have turned ariverred in the Democratic Republic ofCongo, the environment minister said on Friday, warning of an "ecological catastrophe" as the pollution kills wildlife includinghippos.
This "discolouration would be caused by atoxicsubstance spill by an Angolan factory specialising in industrial diamond mining,"DRCongoEnviroment Minister Eve Bazaiba said in a statement.
Polluted tributaries are feeding into the Kasairiverin the west of the vast central African country.
Local officials in the Kasai region said the dead bodies ofhipposand fish had been found in the polluted waters, she said.
The Kasai feeds into theCongoRiver, the second longest Africanriverafter theNile.
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The situation is an "ecological catastrophe", for the local populations, said Bazaiba.
The discolouration was "on the brink of reaching Kinshasa" where over 10 million people live, she added.
So far the exact nature of thetoxicsubstances polluting the waterways is unknown. A team of environment ministry experts has been rushed to the area to collect samples ofriverwater.