US has no moral right to levy sanctions on Zimbabwe, says President Mnangagwa
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19/01/2021 - 15:42 Zimbabwean president and ZANU-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to distant himself and his party from the legacy of his predecessor, Robert Mugabe AFP 5 min As the United States gears up for the swearing in of Joe Biden on Wednesday, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the lifting of US sanctions against his country. He reasoned that the US has no right to punish other nations in the name of democracy after the insurrection at the US Capitol. However, Zimbabwe s own human rights record looms over the two year anniversary of a brutal protest crackdown.