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Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Wednesday claimed that Zimbabwe has lost over US$150 billion due to targeted sanctions imposed by Western countries, led by the United Kingdom, the European Union and the United States of America (USA) through the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) in 2001.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime is in the spotlight this week as United States leader Joe Biden is expected to review sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe over repression and human rights violations.
The United States government has said it is going to use upcoming by-elections in Zimbabwe as a litmus test for the level of democracy in the country.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has claimed he met United States (US) President Joe Biden and realised he was more willing to improve relations with Zimbabwe than their embassy in Harare.
United States president Donald Trump has dealt a huge blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts with Washington and other Western powers — after he extended America’s sanctions against Zimbabwe by another year.
By Hopewell Chin’ono
I have written extensively before arguing that The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) is indeed unhelpful, but I refuse to accept that it is the root cause of our suffering, it isn’t.
Doing so would be intellectually dishonest and an act of blind partisanship or selfishness or both.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with the West to lift economic sanctions, as the United States continues to set tough conditions for their removal, the Daily News can report.
A group of Zanu PF activists on Tuesday disrupted US ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton’s tour of Sangano Dairy Farm in Makoni District while protesting against targeted sanctions slapped on the Mugabe regime.
RESERVE Bank Governor Gideon Gono’s proposal this week for the introduction of a gold-backed Zimbabwe dollar is an idea whose time has come. If implemented properly, the gold-backed local currency will resolve the liquidity crisis currently ravaging Zim.
Tsholotsho North MP and Zanu PF apologist Professor Jonathan Moyo is the butt of many Zimbabweans jokes right now. Publication after publication is exposing his contradictory statements over the years, showing a man with no principles but a perchant for self preservation at whatever cost to his dignity.