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Air Zimbabwe begins weekly flights

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    Air Zimbabwe on Saturday launched a weekly service from the Zimbabwean capital Harare to Kinshasa, via Lubumbashi in the east. The same-day Saturday service is initially on an experimental basis but will become a normal service if it establishes itself as expected, with commercial travellers shuttling between the two countries for conferences and meetings, an airline official told IRIN on Tuesday. Zimbabwe and DRC have developed close economic and political links since Harare opted last year to back the government of President Laurent-Desire Kabila against the rebellion in the east.

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