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/ 9 September 2009
A regional call for sanctions to be lifted against Mugabe is not to protect him but to promote investment, Kgalema Motlanthe said on Wednesday.
US Senator Jim Webb called sanctions against the military regime counterproductive” and asked the opposition to consider taking part in elections.
Army-ruled Burma urged Western countries on Thursday to lift economic sanctions and allow the country to modernise and achieve its democratic goals.
EU nations on Monday mulled tighter sanctions against Burma, but many looked for more pressure from India and China.
Zimbabwe’s deputy premier said on Thursday a team of top government officials was launching a probe into fresh seizures of white-owned farms.
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/ 3 February 2009
Durban dock workers are expected to refuse to offload an Israeli ship as part of a week of action against Israel, Cosatu said on Tuesday.
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/ 26 January 2009
EU foreign ministers on Monday made the decision to add 26 Zimbabwean officials and 36 companies to the EU’s visa and assets freeze blacklist.
The US State Department said major powers had agreed on Wednesday to consider more United Nations sanctions against Iran.
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to increase sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s supporters ahead of power-sharing talks.
Zimbabwe will transfer ownership of all foreign-owned firms that support Western sanctions against President Robert Mugabe, a state newspaper reports.
United States President George Bush said on Tuesday the United States was looking at imposing more sanctions against Zimbabwe’s government.
Robert Mugabe is ”happy” at the veto of a draft United Nations resolution to impose tough new sanctions, as talks continue in Pretoria.
Last month British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged British companies to stop investing in Zimbabwe, saying his government was preparing sanctions.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned the United States on Wednesday it would face a ”tragedy” if it attacked the Islamic Republic.
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/ 16 October 1987
Despite hardships, support for pressure higher than in 1985.