Group calls for Mugabe sanctions

Harare - A rights body, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has called for international sanctions on the Zimbabwean President…

Harare - A rights body, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has called for international sanctions on the Zimbabwean President, Mr Robert Mugabe, in an effort to force him to address the political crisis facing the country.

"The international community should isolate Mugabe and the leadership of his ZANU-PF party and thereby bring pressure to bear for positive change," the group said in a report issued yesterday.

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