Air Zimbabwe has relaunched direct flights between Harare and London Gatwick for the first time since 2012, with three weekly services expected to strengthen tourism, business and diaspora travel between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom.

HARARE – A Russian national has been arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on allegations of human trafficking after allegedly facilitating the travel of a Zimbabwean man to Russia under circumstances now under investigation by authorities. Leonid Koftev, 36, appeared before Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa on Wednesday, facing charges of human trafficking, breaching immigration conditions, and operating an unregistered employment agency. The court remanded him