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U.S. Sanctions On Zimbabwe to Remain
By Reuters
The U.S. believes Zimbabwe’s elections were flawed and does not intend to change its sanctions policy toward the government of President Robert Mugabe without credible, transparent reforms, the State Department said on Monday despite an endorsement of the recent vote by Southern African leaders at the weekend.
“The United States stands by our assessment that these elections, while relatively peaceful, did not represent a credible expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people due to serious flaws throughout the electoral process,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a daily briefing.
“We have made clear to the government of Zimbabwe and the region that a change in U.S. sanctions policy will occur only in the context of credible, transparent and peaceful reforms that reflect the will of the Zimbabwean people,” Psaki said.
AThe 15-nation Southern African Development Community, which helped broker a powersharing deal after disputed elections in Zimbabwe in 2008, backed the re-election of Mugabe at a meeting in Malawi at the weekend.
Psaki said it was “feasible” that the U.S. could review sanctions toward Zimbabwe if conditions in the country improved, but for now they would remain.
(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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isaac
August 21, 2013 at 12:58 pm
As much as i sympathize with Zimbabweans pipo,i for one agree with the US coz i find no reason why sanctions should be lifted? When majority Zimbabweans not comfortable with their leader.
kakoswe
August 21, 2013 at 1:05 pm
Mugabe must go he is an old dog.
mkango
August 21, 2013 at 1:22 pm
U.S my foot.
What would you say about the elections that were held in Egypt? Were they not credible?
These people just change like chameleons and do what suits them…
And we continue following them…
Colonial mentality
Kakanda Ndumbanjhi
August 22, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Mkango, you are right. What happened in Egypt was a coup, even by any other name. The majority Egyptians chose Morsi DEMOCRATICALLY. What happened to Morsi is like that story which keeps going round Zambia: a woman trespasser is requested by a sexually starved guard to choose between being taken to to the Police or ‘Nikulale’, The woman chooses the lesser evil – to be taken to the Police, but the ‘hungry’ guard says ‘Salapo kimbi’!
medication
August 21, 2013 at 2:05 pm
US IS RIGHT I BELIEVE THE ZIMBABEAN ARE NOT VERY COMFORTABLE
bigbuttman
August 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm
This is the wrong approach by both sides. Zimbabwe must allow those from the Opposition to enjoy free speech and human rights whilst the USA should think of helping the Zimbabwean people. Change is needed on both sides.
Bob
August 21, 2013 at 4:58 pm
USA doesn’t care about African people, illegal sanctions that were imposed on zimbabwe have nothing to do with human rights, those sanctions are there because they want the land and indigestion programme to fail. They know if it succeeds a lot of African countries will follow suit . If America cared for Africans why are they continuing to give Egypt one billion dollars in military aid to an army that has slaughtered 800 unarmed civilians
WOODMAN
August 22, 2013 at 9:44 am
-IT`S BETTER THEY SUFFER FOR DOING WHAT IS RIGHT IN EYES OF THE MOST HIGH BY OPPOSING GAY RIGHTS,AS MUCH AS I KNOW USA WANTED CUB SANCTION ON ZIMZAM WHEN THEY ACCEPT THOSE RUBBISH ISSUE.THEY ARE WORSE THAN USELESS.
Kakanda Ndumbanjhi
August 22, 2013 at 1:47 pm
The USA have laws that permit same sex marriage; Uncle Bob (Mugabe) who was imprisoned for years without the Western world saying ‘nyo’, is saying NO Such a practice is for people who are worse than dogs. The USA also forbids by law any public display of religious inclination such as the Bible being read in public meetings or any writing of scripture, for fear of offending non-believers! What hypocrisy, especially that on their money is inscribed IN GOD WE TRUST. What a contradiction! Mugabe is right. The people have spoken. Tsvangirai the playboy and skirt chaser/philanderer has been taught a lesson. the American nose has been blooded. The American hypocrisy has been exposed in Egypt and the Palestinean question.In Syria, American talked about a RED LINE concerning use of nuclear stuff. But America started it, in Viet Nam, Laos, Saigon and elswhere when they spread these countries with Napalm bombs. Then there was the Massacre at Mai Lai and other Mai Lais around the globe. eg Afghanistan. They failed to kill the fighting spirit of a bowl-rice-a-week Viet Cong!! The VC soldier mostly had the 10 round Semi-Automatic rifle supplied by the Chinese. The Americans never learn; they have an inflated sense of their own importance – big-headed with little to show for it. Bin Laden showed them that they were not invincible and used their own planes to hit them hard on 9/11. What was most damaged was the American ego – that they were not as protected as they thought. More humiliation is yet to come to America, unless they learn to respect other people and humble themselves.
Abaku Canteen
August 22, 2013 at 10:09 am
Mugabe will suffer and die like Gaddaffi, the elections in Zimbabwe have never been free and fair, the economy is deteriorating every day which passes.Zimbabwen be brave enough and revolt like in Egypt.