Perennial graft, not sanctions behind Zimbabwe economic woes, US says
Protestors condemning corruption in Zimbabwe hold placards in a demonstration at the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria in August 2020. The US has said Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil has been caused by years of corruption, poor polices and mismanagement, not sanction. PHOTO | PHILL MAGAKOE | AFP
The United States has said Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil has been caused by years of corruption, poor polices and mismanagement, not sanctions, in a serious rebuke to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
The US embassy in Harare made the statement on Tuesday as Zimbabwe observed its annual ‘Anti-Sanctions Day’, which it uses to lobby for the removal of a two-decade old embargo imposed by western countries as punishment for alleged human rights violations and electoral fraud.
