Prince Asiel Ben Israel faces a five-year prison sentences for trying to persuade US lawmakers to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe’s government.
The European Union has said sanctions on Zimbabwe will remain in place until the election observers’ final reports are released.
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Ongoing abuses and alleged intimidation by Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has prompted many to question the easing of sanctions by the European Union.
Zanu-PF scorns promises by the EU to further lift sanctions in return for political reform.
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says the country’s long-time ruler Robert Mugabe is ready to give up power if he loses the next election.
The EU says it has no intention of lifting sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as part of a policy review by the bloc on the nation.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, accused of ethnic cleansing and bankrupting his country, has been asked to by the UN to champion tourism.
UN rights chief Navi Pillay has urged the West to suspend sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president to give the country a chance to implement reforms.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is to meet with three of Zimbabwe’s ministers on Thursday to discuss political reforms.
Thailand’s Yingluck Shinawatra has had to defend Cabinet minister Nalinee Taveesin, who has been blacklisted by the US for her links to Robert Mugabe.
President Robert Mugabe has attended his daughter’s university graduation in Hong Kong, thanking authorities for protecting her from the media.
There is reportedly much "panic" and trembling in the eurozone over the news that Zimbabwe will sue it for imposing "illegal" sanctions.
Robert Mugabe’s chief spin doctor has signalled that Zimbabwe is ready to bury decades of hostility towards Britain.
Sanctions may affect only the foreign investment and travel privileges of Mugabe’s cronies but they are blamed for all failures.
The European Union on Tuesday removed 35 people from a list of Zimbabweans hit by a travel ban and asset freeze.
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/ 11 February 2011
An anti-sanctions petition is Zanu-PF’s latest attempt to pressure Western countries into lifting sanctions imposed on the party’s top brass.
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/ 3 December 2010
President Jacob Zuma and his Zambian counterpart Rupiah Banda on Thursday called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be dropped.
President Jacob Zuma began his state visit to the United Kingdom on Wednesday with a call for international sanctions on Zimbabwe to be lifted.