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| US moots UN sanctions on Harare |
| 2008-04-28 |
| The top US diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, has said the UN Security Council should consider sanctions on Zimbabwe over the post-election crisis. She told the BBC that if the situation did not change "we should contemplate multilateral sanctions through the UN". Ms Frazer, who is touring the region, urged African leaders to speak "very loudly" against post-poll violence. Opposition and human rights groups allege a government campaign of abuses in the wake of last month's vote. Four weeks after the elections, results from the presidential race remain unreleased. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which overturned President Mugabe's parliamentary majority for the first time in 28 years, says its candidate Morgan Tsvangirai won the presidency outright. Independent monitors have also said he got the most votes, but may not have gained the absolute majority necessary to avoid a run-off poll. Ms Frazer said the US Embassy in Zimbabwe had received documented evidence of more than 450 people who had been beaten since the vote, one death and about 1,000 people who had been displaced. The MDC says 15 of its supporters have been killed. |
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