Obama extends sanctions on Zim as UK softens

Cape Town – The US has reportedly extended sanctions on Zimbabwe by another year, arguing that President Robert Mugabe and his cronies continued to undermine the country's democratic processes.

According to The Herald, in a notice titled "Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe", Washington also claimed that Mugabe was a threat to US foreign policy.

Washington said: "The threat constituted by the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions has not been resolved".

The US said these actions and policies continued to pose "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States".