Europe dials up the pressure on Mugabe
STR/AFP/Getty Images Even as a power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party and Morgan Tsvangirai’s Opposition for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe seems to be moving forward, deep doubts still remain. EU leaders don’t seem impressed by the negotiations. Yesterday, they slapped an additional 37 people and four companies, all of whom are now blacklisted, ...
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Even as a power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party and Morgan Tsvangirai’s Opposition for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe seems to be moving forward, deep doubts still remain.
EU leaders don’t seem impressed by the negotiations. Yesterday, they slapped an additional 37 people and four companies, all of whom are now blacklisted, with new sanctions including restrictions on banking and travel. This brings Zimbabwe’s blacklist total — which already included Mugabe and several members of his cabinet from earlier sanctions in 2002 — up to 172 people.
Meanwhile, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga — who was in a similar position as Tsvangirai during Kenya’s disputed election last December — has said that a “peaceful, decent exit” would be appropriate for Mugabe.
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