It’s being called an environmental catastrophe – that’s been followed by an alleged government and industry coverup.

The disaster, at a copper mine in Zambia earlier this year, has seen a toxic cocktail of chemicals spill into a river which millions of Zambians live alongside.

Channel 4 News has seen a report by an independent body setting out how the true scale of the accident at the mine, which is Chinese owned, has been suppressed.

Correspondent: Alex Thomson

Producer: Nanette van der Laan

Editor: Einav Leshetz

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