UN envoy urges America, EU to lift Zimbabwe sanctions

 Alena Douhan

UN special rapporteur Alena Douhan. PHOTO | COURTESY

A United Nations special envoy has called on the United States and other Western countries to lift their sanctions on Zimbabwe as the restrictive measures are making ordinary people suffer.

Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, made the call after her 10-day fact-finding mission in Zimbabwe.