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Beijing has declined to directly condemn Moscow for launching its invasion, and has repeatedly blamed NATO's "eastward expansion" for worsening tensions between Russia and Ukraine, echoing the Kremlin's prime security grievance.
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Independent legislator Temba Mliswa has castigated a Zanu PF department that threatened to impose local sanctions against its opponents and all persons it accuses of inviting Western sanctions. "When you remove the real cadres of the…
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, has noted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime is lagging behind in the fight against…
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The sanctions were first imposed two decades ago, targeting political leaders, government officials and selected state-controlled companies.
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan unexpectedly told President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime to "abandon rhetoric on sanctions as an advocacy tool" and urged him to engage sanctioning states…
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Zanu PF supporters armed with burning logs and stones attacked MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's advance team in the Charumbira area of Masvingo demanding that he remove sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe over government disrespect of human…
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The United States has laughed off the idea of campaigning against targeted sanctions by its government on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, arguing that Zanu PF should spend the energy it is using on mobising events and lobbying SADC…
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United States (US) ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, has dismissed government claims that Western sanctions were behind the country’s economic meltdown, saying the haemorrhage was being fuelled by high-profile corruption, economic…
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A bipartisan group of US senators said Wednesday they have agreed on far-reaching sanctions to be slapped on NATO ally Turkey if its forces do not withdraw from neighboring Syria.
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The latest round of punitive sanctions by United States President Donald Trump will hurt both businesses and ordinary people, economists say.
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