Zim gets $950 loan from China

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Zimbabwe has secured $950min credit lines from China, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told a media briefing on Monday.

"While I was away, government through Finance Minister Tendai Biti also secured lines of credit from China totalling $950m," said Tsvangirai, who returned to Harare at the weekend from a three-week tour to Europe and the United States.

- SAPA