Browsing: Sanctions

The Rwanda- and Uganda-backed M23 militia defied calls for a ceasefire from Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame,…

Rwanda has expressed strong discontent over recent US sanctions imposed on State Minister James Kabarebe. The US accuses him of contributing to the Western-backed, three-decade-long war…

The charity Open for Business estimates that Uganda’s anti-gay law could cost the country as much as $8.3 billion over five years due to diminished foreign…

The United States has sanctioned Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa; his wife, Auxillia; nine government officials and three companies for alleged human rights violations and corruption. In…

On 4 March, the US government announced it had lifted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe more than two decades ago. According to a US Treasury press release,…

Sanctions are portrayed by the West as a way of punishing wrong-doers. Putting aside the question of who appointed the West the world’s policeman, the fact…