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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaZimbabwe: US slaps fresh sanctions on President Mnangagwa and other leadersPublished42 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s leader for a second term in 2023By Kathryn ArmstrongBBC NewsThe US has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights abuses.The order also affects other senior leaders in the country – blocking their assets in the US and barring them from unofficial travel there.The new sanctions replace a broader programme that was introduced two decades ago. “We continue to witness gross abuses of political, economic, and human rights,” the White House said in a statement. “The targeting of civil society and severe restrictions on political activity have stifled fundamental freedoms, while key actors, including government leaders, have siphoned off public resources for personal gains,” it added. “These illicit activities support and contribute to a global criminal network of bribery, smuggling, and money laundering that impoverish communities in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, and other parts of the world.”The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, meanwhile cited “multiple cases of abductions, physical abuse, and unlawful killing” in Zimbabwe that had left people “living in fear”. The White House said it was “refocusing and elevating its efforts to hold accountable the individuals and entities that are responsible for this exploitation”.As well as Mr Mnangagwa, the US also sanctioned 10 other people and three businesses.Those on the list include First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri. Various other senior security officials, including members of Zimbabwe’s national police and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), are also targeted – as are businesspeople found to have facilitated state corruption. They include presidential advisor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, his wife and two of their businesses. All other people that were previously sanctioned by the US and are not on the new list have had their restrictions lifted. A spokesman for the Zimbabwean government, Nick Mnangagwa, described the lifting of the old sanctions programme as a “great vindication of President Mnangagwa’s Foreign Policy” and called the new tariffs “illegal”.Farai Muroiwa Marapira, a spokesman for Mr Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF party said the president’s “policy of being a friend to all and an enemy to none and having our doors open to all has yielded bittersweet results”.”If the president, the first lady and senior officials remain sanctioned then Zimbabwe remains sanctioned and burdened by this illegality,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The US first imposed economic and travel sanctions on Zimbabwe in the early 1990s – targeting then president Robert Mugabe and dozens of other high-ranking government officials, whom Washington accused of undermining democracy in the country.Various countries including the UK and European Union members have also placed sanctions on Zimbabwe. President Mnangagwa, who was sworn in for a second term as the country’s last year, has in the past blamed the economic tariffs for crippling development in the country.Related TopicsInternational sanctionsZimbabweAfricaMore on this story’Crocodile’ Mnangagwa re-elected Zimbabwe leaderPublished27 August 2023African push for lifting of Zimbabwe sanctionsPublished18 August 2019US sanctions on Zimbabwe to stayPublished20 August 2013Top StoriesTop court says states can’t ban Trump from ballotsPublished6 hours agoGeorge Galloway vows to take Angela Rayner’s seatPublished3 hours agoMurder investigation after girl, 10, diesPublished4 hours agoFeaturesWatch: ‘My biggest financial regret is…’ VideoWatch: ‘My biggest financial regret is…’The Papers: NHS budget warning and Hunt ‘to keep fuel tax cut’ Concern as the gambling industry embraces AIWould a £150,000 wage tempt you to a Scottish island?Trump: The Sequel? 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaUS Supreme Court rules Colorado cannot ban Trump from presidential ballotPublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsUS election 2024This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Trump calls Supreme Court ruling a ‘unifying factor’By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonThe US Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause.The unanimous ruling is specific to Colorado, but it also overrides challenges brought in other states.Colorado had barred Mr Trump from its Republican primary, arguing he incited the 2021 Capitol riot. The court ruled that only Congress, rather than the states, had that power. The top court’s decision clears the way for Mr Trump to compete in the Colorado primary scheduled for Tuesday.Mr Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination and looks likely to face a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November’s general election.On Monday, the ex-president immediately claimed victory following the ruling, taking to his Truth Social media platform to claim a “big win for America”. The message was quickly followed by a fundraising email sent to supporters of his campaign. Speaking from his estate in Mar-a-Lago, Florida soon after, he said that the decision was “very well crafted” and will “go a long way towards bringing our country together, which it needs”.”You can’t take someone out of a race because an opponent would like it that way,” Mr Trump added. Colorado’s Secretary of State, Jena Griswold, said that she was disappointed by the ruling and that “Colorado should be able to bar oath-breaking insurrections from our ballot”.Additionally, the watchdog group that brought the case in Colorado, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), said in a statement that while the court “failed to meet the moment”, it is “still a win for democracy: Trump will go down in history as an insurrectionist”.Trump wins as Supreme Court sidesteps political landminesWhat is Super Tuesday and why is it important?A simple guide to the US 2024 electionTwo other states, Maine and Illinois , had followed Colorado in kicking Mr Trump off the ballot on similar grounds. The efforts in both states were put on hold while his challenge to the Colorado ruling was escalated to the Supreme Court. “We conclude that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” the court’s opinion says. “But states have no power under the Constitution to enforce Sections 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency.” The nine justices ruled that only Congress can enforce the 14th Amendment’s provisions against federal officials and candidates.Part of the Civil War-era amendment – section 3 – bars federal, state and military officials who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the US from holding office again. Groups including Free Speech For People had argued that the attempt to delay the peaceful transfer of power on 6 January 2021 matched the definition of insurrection outlined in the amendment. One of the court’s justices, Amy Coney Barrett, wrote separately that the fact that all nine justices agreed on the outcome of the case is “the message that Americans should take home”. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The case argued that President Trump had incited the crowd that stormed the US Capitol on 6 January 2021″The court has settled a politically charged issue in the volatile season of a presidential election,” Ms Barrett wrote. “Particularly in this circumstance, writings on the court should turn the national temperature down, not up.” But the court’s three liberal justices argued that the ruling seeks to “decide novel constitutional questions to insulate this Court and [Trump] from future controversy” by announcing “that a disqualification for insurrection can occur only when Congress enacts a particular kind of legislation”.”In doing so, the majority shuts the door on other potential means of enforcement,” they added. Atiba Ellis, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, told the BBC that while the court’s concerns about Mr Trump’s exclusion from the ballot are “fair”, the ruling “may have far-reaching consequences”. “It opens the door to constitutional interpretation matters that weren’t at issue in the case. The decision throws the problem to Congress at a time when partisan deadlock will guarantee inaction on this matter,” Mr Ellis added. “The decision effectively ensures that the question of the former president’s constitutional eligibility under Section 3 will not be resolved prior to the 2024 election.”Another legal scholar, Albany Law School’s Ray Brescia, said the court’s decision prevents a situation in which there is a “patchwork of states with different processes”. “If the court was to allow Colorado to proceed in this way, what’s to stop some rogue prosecutor in another state from saying that a candidate from a different party is not a viable candidate because they engaged in insurrection?,” he said. Republican voters in Colorado and 14 other states will vote on Tuesday in a marathon contest dubbed Super Tuesday. The former president is widely expected to sweep the board and defeat his sole remaining opponent, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, in every battleground. 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