China may give up attempt to send arms to Zimbabwe
As protests intensified across southern Africa against the shipment of Chinese-made arms intended for Zimbabwe, the government in Beijing said Tuesday that the ship carrying the arms — owned by a large Chinese state-owned company, Cosco — may return to China because of the difficulties in delivering the goods.South Africa’s High Court on Friday barred transport of the ammunition, rockets and mortar bombs across South Africa [see our earlier posts here and here] from the port of Durban to landlocked Zimbabwe, after an Anglican archbishop argued that the arms were likely to be used to crush the Zimbabwean opposition after last month’s disputed election.
