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Harare discloses cost of intervention

    NAIROBI

    Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Simba Makoni told parliament this week that President Robert Mugabe’s government had spent over US $200 million during its two-year military intervention in support of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent-Desire Kabila. In an announcement seen by analysts as a departure from normal practice, experts contacted by IRIN said the figures on the cost of Zimbabwe’s intervention to assist Kabila against a rebellion backed by Uganda and Rwanda should, however, be viewed with caution.

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