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British Embassy statement on sanctions
IN LIGHT of recent press interest, the British Embassy Harare would like to clarify the British Government's position as regards the EU's restrictive measures.
IN LIGHT of recent press interest, the British Embassy Harare would like to clarify the British Government's position as regards the EU's restrictive measures. In making this judgement, we will need to take into account the views of a number of stakeholders, including the Movement for Democratic Change, on the economic, social and other conditions prevailing in Zimbabwe. But the key to having restrictive measures eased, or lifted, is for those in Zimbabwe who are currently resisting progress to implement the commitments to reform they agreed to in the Global Political Agreement (GPA). They do not hurt ordinary Zimbabweans. They do not affect the development of legitimate trade or business. They do not have any adverse effect on humanitarian assistance. Indeed, levels of British aid - $100 million this year - to Zimbabwe and ordinary Zimbabweans have never been higher.
As the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, made clear in Parliament on 19 January, the most important factor influencing the United Kingdom's views on lifting EU restrictive measures will be evidence of actual change and reform on the ground in Zimbabwe.
The EU measures currently impose restrictions on 203 key figures involved in the violence and human rights abuses of the Mugabe regime and 40 companies associated with these individuals and their sources of finance.
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GIVEN all the attention paid in Zimbabwe to the recent comments by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Vigil supporters were surprised that commentators only seem to have noticed his rather obvious remarks about sanctions.
Zimbabwe still hiding war crimes fugitive
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Time:New Elections: Zimbabwe's Leaders Trade Positions
Good guys like elections. Bad guys fix or nix them. Or so goes the thinking that underpins much of Western foreign policy. But in Zimbabwe, it appears to be the other way around right now: hardline President Robert Mugabe is pushing for a vote while his pro-democracy rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, is dragging his feet. What gives?
Woman had sex with boy, 12, nearly 200 times
A single mother of 36 had sex nearly 200 times with a 12-year-old boy she had seduced, putting a star in her diary each time they had sex
India, China build parliaments for better Africa ties
India is building Ghana’s parliament. China is constructing parliaments in Malawi and Lesotho, and agreed to fund the construction of a third in Zimbabwe
