Trump administration issues stern warning to Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa 2/13/19
Trump administration issues stern warning to Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa 2/13/19
Trump administration issues stern warning to Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa
But Sadc countries close ranks with the Zimbabwean government
13 February 2019 - 20:58 Kevin Samaita

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: REUTERS / PHILIMON BULAWAYO
The US government has issued a stern warning to president Emmerson Mnangagwa's government not to use excessive force on its citizens.
The Zimbabwean government has unleashed its army and police in the townships in a bid to quell violent protests sparked by poor living conditions, shortages of fuel, basic foodstuffs and medicines. There is also a shortage of cash in the country.
The government says three people died as a result of the protests but human rights groups and opposition parties have put the death toll at more than 17 with 600 victims of violence, torture or rape and more than 1,000 arrests.
The government says it will remove the army from the streets only once it is satisfied that the protests have been quelled.
“The US government remains seriously concerned about the excessive use of force by the government of Zimbabwe’s security forces and the imposition of undue internet restrictions. This betrays promises to create a new Zimbabwe,” state department spokesperson Robert Palladino said.
The US also called for national dialogue between the government and the opposition.
“The dialogue process must be credible, inclusive, and mediated by a neutral third party. In order for such a dialogue to succeed, the government of Zimbabwe should end its excessive violence and intimidation, immediately release the civil society activists who have been arbitrarily detained, and hold security force members responsible for human rights violations and abuses accountable," he said in a statement.
"We also reiterate our call for the government of Zimbabwe to enact promised political and economic reforms.”
The US and other Western countries have vowed to maintain the sanctions they imposed on Zimbabwe during the Robert Mugabe era — a move that has seen the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) close ranks with the Mnangagwa government.
The Sadc countries are bearing the brunt of a massive exodus of Zimbabweans in search for work and better opportunities.
Botswana on Wednesday became the latest Sadc member state to throw its weight behind Mnangagwa’s government, asking the US and other Western countries to remove sanctions against Zimbabwe.
Botswana's president, Eric Masisi said the sanctions were preventing Zimbabwe from growing.
Masisi's call was a marked departure from his predecessor, Ian Khama, who was highly critical of the Harare government.
Earlier this week, Sadc chair and Namibian president Hage Geingob also pledged support to Mnangagwa, saying: “Sadc expresses its solidarity with the government and the people of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and calls upon the international community to unconditionally lift all sanctions imposed on the country.”
Geingob said Western funded nongovernmental organisations were behind the current political, economic and humanitarian challenges afflicting the country.
Several organisations, including Amnesty International, the Human Rights Forum and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, have issued damning reports on state-sanctioned violence by Mnanngagwa’s government.
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/africa/2019-02-13-trump-administration-issues-stern-warning-to-zimbabwes-mnangagwa/
But Sadc countries close ranks with the Zimbabwean government
13 February 2019 - 20:58 Kevin Samaita
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Picture: REUTERS / PHILIMON BULAWAYO
The US government has issued a stern warning to president Emmerson Mnangagwa's government not to use excessive force on its citizens.
The Zimbabwean government has unleashed its army and police in the townships in a bid to quell violent protests sparked by poor living conditions, shortages of fuel, basic foodstuffs and medicines. There is also a shortage of cash in the country.
The government says three people died as a result of the protests but human rights groups and opposition parties have put the death toll at more than 17 with 600 victims of violence, torture or rape and more than 1,000 arrests.
The government says it will remove the army from the streets only once it is satisfied that the protests have been quelled.
“The US government remains seriously concerned about the excessive use of force by the government of Zimbabwe’s security forces and the imposition of undue internet restrictions. This betrays promises to create a new Zimbabwe,” state department spokesperson Robert Palladino said.
The US also called for national dialogue between the government and the opposition.
“The dialogue process must be credible, inclusive, and mediated by a neutral third party. In order for such a dialogue to succeed, the government of Zimbabwe should end its excessive violence and intimidation, immediately release the civil society activists who have been arbitrarily detained, and hold security force members responsible for human rights violations and abuses accountable," he said in a statement.
"We also reiterate our call for the government of Zimbabwe to enact promised political and economic reforms.”
The US and other Western countries have vowed to maintain the sanctions they imposed on Zimbabwe during the Robert Mugabe era — a move that has seen the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) close ranks with the Mnangagwa government.
The Sadc countries are bearing the brunt of a massive exodus of Zimbabweans in search for work and better opportunities.
Botswana on Wednesday became the latest Sadc member state to throw its weight behind Mnangagwa’s government, asking the US and other Western countries to remove sanctions against Zimbabwe.
Botswana's president, Eric Masisi said the sanctions were preventing Zimbabwe from growing.
Masisi's call was a marked departure from his predecessor, Ian Khama, who was highly critical of the Harare government.
Earlier this week, Sadc chair and Namibian president Hage Geingob also pledged support to Mnangagwa, saying: “Sadc expresses its solidarity with the government and the people of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and calls upon the international community to unconditionally lift all sanctions imposed on the country.”
Geingob said Western funded nongovernmental organisations were behind the current political, economic and humanitarian challenges afflicting the country.
Several organisations, including Amnesty International, the Human Rights Forum and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, have issued damning reports on state-sanctioned violence by Mnanngagwa’s government.
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/africa/2019-02-13-trump-administration-issues-stern-warning-to-zimbabwes-mnangagwa/
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