KINSHASA, Congo — A government official in Congo suspected of ordering up to 17 tons of radioactive waste dumped in a river in the southeast of the country has been arrested, authorities said Friday.

Congolese authorities arrested six people in connection with the dumping of tonnes of highly radioactive minerals into a river near the southeastern town of Likasi, the environment minister said on ...

At least seven people are said to be under arrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after radioactive mineral waste was poured into a river in the southeast of the country. Selah Hennessy ...

Six people have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo for allegedly dumping highly radioactive minerals into a river, officials say. The authorities had ordered the nearly 20 metric tons ...

A government official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suspected of ordering up to 17 tonnes of radioactive waste dumped in a river in the south-east of the country has been arrested, ...

Almost 20 tons of unidentified radioactive material have been found dumped in a river in southern Congo. It was discovered in Likasi, near the village of Shinkolobwe, which provided the uranium used ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is setting aside more than 30 000 square kilometres of rainforest to help protect the endangered bonobo, a great ape that is the most closely related to humans ...

A mission of experts led by UNESCO has rallied the support of the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and ...

Kinshasa - A government official in Congo suspected of ordering up to 17 tons of radioactive waste dumped in a river in the southeast of the country has been arrested, authorities said on Friday.

Kinshasa, At least 14 people are feared drowned after two overcrowded, rickety boats sank in the River Congo, the interior minister of DR Congo told AFP Wednesday, though local sources fear the toll ...