EU: Sanctions targeting Mugabe won't be lifted

By The Associated Press

HARARE, Zimbabwe — A European Union official says the EU will not remove sanctions targeted at Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists.

European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel de Gucht also said Sunday the EU won't resume development aid until more is done to implement the nation's power-sharing agreement and to restore human rights.

Winding up the first visit by a high-level EU delegation since 2002, de Gucht says that sharp differences remain between Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over their coalition agreement.

De Gucht says Mugabe and Tsvangirai "do not have the same reading of the same document." Link...