Air Zimbabwe has bought two new A340-200 Airbus passenger planes from France in a deal bankrolled by Mbada Diamonds, one of the mining firms licensed to mine at the controversial Marange diamond fields reports said today. The company’s involvement, although a welcome relief for Air Zimbabwe, which was struggling to replace its ageing aircraft, is likely to fuel speculation that President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF is running a parallel structure since the money was not channeled through treasury.
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