European Union to end curbs on aid to Zimbabwe


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 Nov 2014

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will take another step towards normal relations with Zimbabwe from Saturday by ending restrictions on aid, paving the way for 234 million euros (183 million pounds) of new funding, the bloc said on Friday.

The 28-nation EU has been gradually easing sanctions on Zimbabwe to encourage political reform, although it has kept an asset freeze and a travel ban on veteran President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, as well as an arms embargo.

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