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Chris Muronzi

Remembering Queen Elizabeth II in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe believed the British reneged on pledges to finance a land purchase agreement under a ceasefire settlement with nationalist fighters [File: Reuters]

Harare, Zimbabwe – In 1991, Queen Elizabeth II visited Zimbabwe for the meeting of the heads of government in the Commonwealth, a community of former British colonies.

A photograph taken during the trip shows the host leader, Robert Mugabe, then-president of Zimbabwe, a poster child of post-colonial leadership in Africa at the time, smiling with the queen.

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