USA ends Sanctions Against Zimbabwe but issues new targeted sanctions against President and Vice
USA ends Sanctions Against Zimbabwe but issues new targeted sanctions against President and Vice
AMERICAN President Joseph Biden has announced an end of the superpower’s sanctions regime on Zimbabwe.
The historic move announced on Monday, signals an impending end to America and Zimbabwe’s two-decade-long cold war that the ruling Zanu PF has blamed for their failure to reign in its wayward economy.
“By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America, find that the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions, as relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13391 of November 22, 2005, and as expanded by Executive Order 13469 of July 25, 2008, should no longer be in effect.”
the Department of the Treasury is designating three entities and eleven individuals, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Brigadier General (Retired) Walter Tapfumaneyi, and businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, for their involvement in corruption or serious human rights abuse. These designations build on recent U.S. Government actions, including pausing U.S. participation in the African Development Bank Dialogue and utilizing the Department of State’s new visa restriction policy for undermining democracy in Zimbabwe.