Trump extends Zimbabwe sanctions for one year

Muscat: US President Donald Trump has extended sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year.
Sanctions against the African state were initially implemented by executive order in 2003 when then President George W. Bush declared an emergency and blocked the property of Zimbabwean officials.
In a notice, Trump said, "The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States.
"Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288."
The original executive order sanctioned 77 people, including former Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe and current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who at the time was the country's Parliamentary Speaker.
Bush extended sanctions through Executive Order 13469 in 2008.