Congo fishermen abandon nets for plastic waste
20 May 2026, 14:16 GMT
By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)
Credit: editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)
Source URL: http://www.africanews.com/2026/05/20/congo-fishermen-abandon-nets-for-plastic-waste/
Some have even ditched fishing altogether because it is more profitable to sell the plastic waste they trawl out of the river, the world's second-most powerful watercourse after the Amazon.