Zanu-PF reacts angrily to Mugabe sanctions

Zanu-PF yesterday reacted angrily to the extension of targeted sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle by United States President Barack Obama, saying the restrictive measures remain illegal because they were not passed by the United Nations.

Obama on Wednesday extended targeted sanctions on Mugabe and his close Zanu-PF allies for another year on the grounds that the political situation in the country had not improved to warrant the removal of the restrictive measures slapped on the 92-year-old leader in 2003.

The US President said Mugabe, a vocal critic of the West, represented an unusual threat to US foreign policy and that the government of Zimbabwe had continued to undermine the country's democratic processes.