Zimbabwe gets presidential chopper gift from Putin

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 29, 2023 12:03 am

Harare, Zimbabwe: Vladimir Putin gifted the president of Zimbabwe a helicopter, Harare said on Thursday, as the Russian leader courts the backing of African leaders in Saint Petersburg.

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa is among those attending a two-day Russia-Africa summit that is being scrutinized as a test of Putin's support in the continent after his invasion of Ukraine.

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