US sanctions to remain until Zimbabwe demonstrates reforms -official

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa. US official has said sanctions against the country to remain until it demonstrates reforms. PHOTO | REUTERS

The US government will not lift sanctions against Zimbabwe until the new government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa demonstrates it is “changing its ways,” a senior US economic official told a congressional panel on Thursday.

Manisha Singh, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, told a House of Representatives hearing there were 141 entities and individuals in Zimbabwe, including Mnangagwa and former president Robert Mugabe, that are currently under US sanctions.