US renews sanctions against Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe sanctions.

Demonstrators during a rally to denounce US and EU economic sanctions against Zimbabwe at the National Stadium, Harare, in 2019. PHOTO | AFP

The United States has renewed its targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe citing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reluctance to roll out political and economic reforms.

US President Joe Biden, in a letter to Congress, said in the last year Zimbabwe's security services had committed several human rights violations.