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by Amadi Ajamu

While President Trump decries Africa as “shithole” nations and unworthy of immigration to the United States, he has no problem sticking his nose in the internal affairs of the sovereign nation of Zimbabwe. In the midst of their presidential elections, handily won by President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF, Trump added more restrictions to the economic sanctions (Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act 2001 – ZDERA) imposed after their land redistribution from European colonizers to indigenous Zimbabweans took effect in 2001.

“The 2018 amendment to ZDERA (S 2779), signed into law on August 8, further stiffens the original act signed into law in 2001. It aims directly at property rights and financial restraints that will affect the quality of life of all the people of Zimbabwe,” Roger Wareham of the December 12^th Movement International Secretariat, stated. Mr. Wareham recently returned from Zimbabwe where he participated in the elections as an official observer invited by the Zimbabwe Election Commission. “The amendment was passed by the House and the Senate. The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and European allies are trying to control the political economy of Zimbabwe now that former President Mugabe has retired. The baseless election impasse serves as an opening for western manipulations and interference. Elections were deemed ‘free and fair’ by my delegation, the African Union, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Russia and China, among many others. Zimbabweans must remain vigilant. Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!”

South Africa Broadcasting Corp News report August 8, 2018   SEE ATTACHED VIDEO