African Stream U.S. Sanctions Agonize Zimbabweans

🎯 Загружено автоматически через бота: 🚫 Оригинал видео: 📺 Данное видео является собственностью канала African Stream. Оно представлено в нашем сообществе исключительно в информационных, научных, образовательных или культурных целях. Наше сообщество не утверждает никаких прав на данное видео. Пожалуйста, поддержите автора, посетив его оригинальный канал: @AfricanStream. ✉️ Если у вас есть претензии к авторским правам на данное видео, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по почте support@, и мы немедленно удалим его. 📃 Оригинальное описание: In 2019, the leaders of the countries that make up the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) declared 25 October as Anti-Sanctions Day. This move was in solidarity with the Republic of Zimbabwe, which has been under Western sanctions for more than two decades. The United States and its Western allies claim the sanctions—officially known as the ‘Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act’ (Zidera)—were put in place to ‘support the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to effect peaceful, democratic change.’ However, many see the sanctions as retribution for the country’s land reform program that was carried out in the late 1990s to redress British settlers seizing more than two-thirds of Zimbabwean land, despite making up less than 4 per cent of the population. Land reform was a key part of the 1979 Lancaster House Agreement that led to the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980. During the talks, the British and US governments committed to help fund a program to ensure equitable distribution of land in the southern African nation. However, they later reneged on their promise, forcing the government of Zimbabwe to go it alone. According to a US-based group called Sanctions Kill, 39 countries—or one-third of humanity—suffer under US sanctions. In African Stream’s exclusive interview in 2020 with Xavier Zavare, chairperson for the United Kingdom district of the ruling party, Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), he broke down the history of sanctions and how they detrimentally affect ordinary Zimbabweans. This is contrary to the West’s claim that the sanctions only target a few top government officials. Let us know what you think of Zavare’s explanation. #SADC #Sanctions #Zimbabwe #USA #fyp