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Press Reports Say Chinese Weapons Reach Zimbabwe

voanews.com
May 18, 2008
        

Media reports say 77 tons of Chinese-supplied weapons have arrived in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, despite international efforts to keep the government there from receiving the arms. Newspapers in South Africa and Mozambique say Zimbabwe's Information Minister Bright Matonga has confirmed delivery...

DA to raise Zimbabwe arms issue in Parliament

sabcnews.com
May 18, 2008
        

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is to table parliamentary questions in a bid to get satisfactory replies on the Zimbabwean arms shipment. The party's defence spokesperson Rafeek Shah said that his party still wanted to know why the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) granted...

                   

Arms from China’s ‘ship of shame’ reach Mugabe

sundayherald.com
May 18, 2008
        

Cargo arrives as Mugabe’s militias intensify crackdown on political opponents From Fred Bridgland in Johannesburg THE ZIMBABWEAN government said yesterday that weapons carried by China's so-called "ship of shame", the An Yue Jiang, had arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, despite an...

Zimbabwe: Arms Arrive in Zimbabwe, Report

allafrica.com
May 17, 2008
        

Posted to the web 17 May 2008 Floyd Nkomo WEAPONS destined for Zimbabwe have arrived in Harare, according to a report in South Africa's The Weekender newspaper today. The report said the Zimbabwean government confirmed that 3-million rounds of assault rifle ammunition, 3 000 mortar rounds and 1...

Arms Arrive in Zimbabwe, Report

allafrica.com
May 17, 2008
        

Posted to the web 17 May 2008 Floyd Nkomo WEAPONS destined for Zimbabwe have arrived in Harare, according to a report in South Africa's The Weekender newspaper today. The report said the Zimbabwean government confirmed that 3-million rounds of assault rifle ammunition, 3 000 mortar rounds and 1...

South Africa denies aiding Chinese arms ship

sabcnews.com
May 17, 2008
        

The defence department has denied reports that President Thabo Mbeki ordered the SAS Drakensberg to refuel a Chinese ship bearing arms for Zimbabwe. Deputy Defence minister Mluleki George says the allegations have no substance whatsoever. This followed reports in Mozambican online newspaper,...

                   

Controversial Chinese arms arrive in Harare

mg.co.za
May 17, 2008
        

A controversial shipment of arms from China and destined for Zimbabwe has arrived in Harare, the Weekender newspaper reported on Saturday -- apparently thanks to assistance by the South African government. There are fears that President Robert Mugabe is planning to use force to storm back to...

Reports: Chinese weapons delivery arrives in Zimbabwe

earthtimes.org
May 17, 2008
        

Johannesburg - Weapons ordered from China for the Zimbabwe government arrived in Harare despite an international boycott, media reports said Saturday. According to South Africa's SAPA news agency, the government in Zimbabwe confirmed that 3 million r...

                   

Weapons arrive in Zim - report

news24.com
May 17, 2008
        

Johannesburg - The weapons destined for Zimbabwe have arrived in Harare, The Weekender reported on Saturday. The report said the Zimbabwean government confirmed that three million rounds of assault rifle ammunition, 3 000 mortar rounds and 1 500 rocket-propelled grenades - ordered from the...