Zimbabwe: Obama Says Sanctions Against Officials Will Continue

President Obama announced that United States sanctions against Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe and his key supporters will continue, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to U.S. foreign policy.

Obama made the announcement March 4 in a written statement, informing Congress that economic sanctions originally declared in 2003 and expanded in 2005 and 2008 would continue in effect for one year beyond the previously set March 6 expiration date.

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