Zimbabwe got 53 tons of ammunition. Congo was suspected. However, there is no proof.
Interestingly, Congo does not the capability to produce weapons or ammunition. So, if Congo (or someone in Congo) was involved then it was a just a proxy, again.
A UN weapons expert said Tuesday that there was no evidence that ammunition flown from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Zimbabwe in August originated from China.
"It's possible, but we have no clues," Jason Stearns, a member of a panel of UN experts that produced a report on weapons transfers to and from war-torn Congo, told AFP.
He said media stories quoting the UN report issued last week as saying there was "credible information" that Zimbabwe may have received Chinese arms via Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo were incorrect.
The report addressed to the UN Security Council said the experts were aware of "large amounts of ammunition arriving in eastern Congo without any notification by exporters to the (UN) sanctions committee," and that the Congolese army "may also be exporting weapons and ammunition to other countries in the region."
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