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DRC fails to pay for business deals

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe's state-owned arms manufacturer, Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), is reportedly owed about US $2.7 million by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government for an unspecified amount of small arms and ammunition as well as food rations, according to news reports in Zimbabwe on Thursday.

    The reports alleged that ZDI had supplied the DRC government since President Laurent-Desire Kabila came to power in May 1997. At the same time, other Zimbabwean businessmen are reported to have also complained of erratic payments for goods exported to the DRC.

    Zimbabwean businessmen have been reportedly doing brisk trade into the war-torn DRC since last year when Robert Mugabe's government intervened militarily to bolster Kabila against a rebellion that threatened to unseat him.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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