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Zimbabwe: China donates $58m to Zimbabwe Mon. April 23, 2007 01:03 am.- By Aaron Kirunda. - (SomaliNet) The Chinese government has given Zimbabwe a $58-million financing facility that will be used to purchase farming equipment, implements and tools, a Cabinet minister said. Under the deal, China's CAMC Engineering will supply various agricultural equipment, including 424 tractors, 65 dumper trucks, 40 heavy duty harrows and eight bulldozers. "The total loan facility granted by the People's Republic of China is $58-million," Joseph Made, Minister for Agricultural Engineering, said during the official handover of some of the equipment and tools. President Robert Mugabe and Jia Qinglin, chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CAMC), also attended the ceremony in the capital. In return for the help with its struggling agriculture, Zimbabwe will deliver 110, 000 tonnes of tobacco to China over two years, Made said. The two countries also signed three separate agreements related to finance, agriculture and education. Zimbabwe and China have relations dating back to Zimbabwe's 1970s liberation struggle when Beijing provided arms and training to the Black Nationalist movement fighting the white minority government of Ian Smith. -- Sapa-AFP News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...