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Mr Magufuli, who took over the chairmanship of Sadc at the regional body’s summit in Dar es Salaam this year said that the sanctions should be lifted because Zimbabwe, under President Mnangagwa, had opened a “new chapter”.
“These sanction have not only affected the people of Zimbabwe and their government but the entire region. It is like a human body, when you chop one of its part it affects the whole body,” he said.
“Therefore, I would like to seize this opportunity to urge the international community to lift sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe.
“This brotherly country after all has now opened a new chapter and it is ready to engage with the rest of the world. It is therefore, I believe, in the interest of all parties concerned to see these sanctions removed.”
Sadc members will “collectively voice their disapproval of sanctions against Zimbabwe” through various platforms on 25 October, Dr Stergomena Tax, the body’s executive secretary, announced at the summit.
