SADC

Zimbabwe receives regional backing; chorus to lift sanctions gets louder

Zimbabwe has received the full backing of the southern African region in the call to remove sanctions that are crippling its economy. Malawi’s president, who is also chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), called Monday for the lifting of all

October 26, 2021

Africa·Zimbabwe

SADC escalates calls for sanctions on Zimbabwe to be removed

PRETORIA – The 41st Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government, hosted in Lilongwe, Malawi has once again called for the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. “The summit reiterated its call (for) the unconditional

August 18, 2021

Zimbabwe

LETTER: Zimbabwe sanctions must be lifted

It is almost two decades since Zimbabwe was put under sanctions, mainly by the US and EU, due to these nations’ discontent with how the government handled the land question and general human rights matters during Robert Mugabe’s reign. Whether the targeted

October 23, 2019

Africa·Zimbabwe

New SADC Chairman calls for the West to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe

Tanzania president John Magufuli, the new SADC Chairman has appealed to the international community to scrap sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying the country has already opened a new page and is ready to move forward. Speaking during his maiden acceptance speech after assuming

August 18, 2019

Zimbabwe

White House Official explains why the US ignored SADC regarding Sanctions on Zimbabwe

Watch the video below, a White House officials explains why Trump defied calls from SADC leaders to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe. The renewal of sanctions against the Zimbabwean government now led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a slap in the face for

March 8, 2019

Zimbabwe

SADC chair backs Mnangagwa despite Zimbabwe crisis, calls for end to “illegal sanctions”

Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairperson and Namibian president Hage Geingob on Monday called for the unconditional lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe. The 76-year-old president has been under pressure, especially from human rights groups and from sections of the international community, ever

February 12, 2019

Zimbabwe

SADC leaders call for calm ahead of Zimbabwe poll ruling

Southern African leaders on Saturday called for calm in Zimbabwe as the country awaits a Constitutional Court hearing on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed election victory. The main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused the ruling ZANU-PF party and the

August 18, 2018

Zimbabwe

‘I was elected cleanly’, President Mnangagwa tells SADC leaders

Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly told the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders that he was “elected cleanly” by the people of Zimbabwe in the recently ended elections. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said this during his address to Heads of State and Government at the

August 18, 2018

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 2018 election: Chamisa calls for SADC, AU to protect election

Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa called on Tuesday for associations of African states to ensure that the country’s historic election later in July is fair, adding his party would not boycott the vote. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and African Union

July 17, 2018

Breaking News·Zimbabwe

Pres. Lungu : Zambia Offered Robert Mugabe Asylum

President Edgar Lungu has revealed that he had offered to shelter former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in the days preceding his final fall. Mugabe resigned on Tuesday afternoon with an impeachment motion in parliament underway to wind up his 37 year reign.

November 22, 2017

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