Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks at a press conference at State House in the capital April 19 after meeting with the leaders of the Commercial farmers Union (CFU) Tim Henwood and war veteran leader Chenjerai Hunzvi.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is to further ease sanctions on Zimbabwe next week, but will keep a travel ban and asset freeze on President Robert Mugabe and his wife, EU sources said on Tuesday.
But the EU has held out an olive branch to Mugabe, inviting him to take part in an EU-Africa summit in Brussels in April and granting him an exemption from sanctions to visit Europe.
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