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Zimbabwe: Obama's 'Hostile Goodbye' to Mugabe
News24Wire, 16 January 2017
Outgoing United States President Barack Obama has extended sanctions against Zimbabwe by at least another year, a report said on Sunday. Read more »
From President Robert Mugabe sarcastically proposing marriage to President Barack Obama in the wake of the legalization of gay marriage, to Obama excluding the Zimbabwean leader during his 2015 U.S. state visit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the nature of the diplomatic relations between Harare and Washington has always been awkward. To make matters worse, the outgoing U.S. President has extended sanctions against Mugabe's government by another year.
Outgoing U.S. president Barack Obama and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
President Robert Mugabe and his family are still on the sanctions list in the latest development that has seen the U.S removing companies and other individuals. Read more »
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