{"id":2581,"date":"2017-11-18T03:55:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2017-11-18T04:21:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T04:21:23","slug":"u-s-govt-wants-a-new-era-for-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/u-s-govt-wants-a-new-era-for-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Govt wants \u201ca new era\u201d for Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/18694-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/President-Mugabe-1.jpg\" alt=\"President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe\" width=\"683\" height=\"439\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 17, 2017: The U.S. is seeking \u201ca new era\u201d for Zimbabwe, the State Department\u2019s top official for Africa said, implicitly calling on long-time President Robert Mugabe to step aside as a political crisis mounts.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Reuters, acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Donald Yamamoto appeared to dismiss the idea of Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, remaining in a transitional or ceremonial role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a transition to a new era for Zimbabwe, that\u2019s really what we\u2019re hoping for,\u201d Yamamoto said. \u00a0Zimbabwe\u2019s army seized power on Wednesday, in an apparent effort to prevent Mugabe, 93, from handing power to his wife.<\/p>\n<p>He has not resigned or been formally deposed, however, and he was pictured on Thursday shaking hands with the military chief, Constantino Chiwenga. \u00a0Yamamoto, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with African Union officials at the State Department in Washington, described the situation in Zimbabwe as \u201cvery fluid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the U.S. would discuss lifting multiple U.S. sanctions on Zimbabwe if it began enacting political and economic reforms. \u00a0\u00a0In a message for Zimbabwe\u2019s political leaders, he said: \u201cOur position has always been that if they engage in the constitutional reforms, economic and political reforms, and move forward to protecting political space and the human rights, then we can start the dialogue on lifting sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has not given aid to Zimbabwe\u2019s government for many years, but provides development aid to nongovernmental groups, particularly for healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow whether we give to the government, that depends on what happens in Zimbabwe.\u201d \u00a0U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to meet on Friday in Washington with 37 African foreign ministers.<\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17, 2017: The U.S. is seeking \u201ca new era\u201d for Zimbabwe, the State Department\u2019s top official for Africa said, implicitly calling on long-time President Robert Mugabe to step aside as a political crisis mounts. 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