The Biden administration on Monday slapped corruption sanctions on the son of Zimbabwe's president as the U.S. prepares to host a major summit of African leaders in Washington.
FILE - President Barack Obama, seated center, presides over the third working session of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington, Aug. 6, 2014. The U.S-Africa Leaders Summit begins Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, a follow-up to the first such gathering held eight years ago by President Barack Obama.
FILE - President Barack Obama, seated center, presides over the third working session of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the State Department in Washington, Aug. 6, 2014. The U.S-Africa Leaders Summit begins Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, a follow-up to the first such gathering held eight years ago by President Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday slapped corruption sanctions on the son of Zimbabwe’s president as the U.S. prepares to host aThe Treasury Department announced it was hitting four Zimbabwean people and two companies with penalties for their roles in undermining democracy and facilitating high-level graft. Those sanctioned include Emmerson Mnangagwa, Jr., the son of the previously sanctioned Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Treasury said the younger Mnangagwa has been in charge of his father’s business interests related to a prominent businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his Sakunda Holdings company, both of which are already subject to U.S. sanctions. The sanctions freeze any assets the targets may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar Americans from doing business with them.
“We urge the Zimbabwean government to take meaningful steps towards creating a peaceful, prosperous, and politically vibrant Zimbabwe, and to address the root causes of many of Zimbabwe’s ills: corrupt elites and their abuse of the country’s institutions for their personal benefit,” Treasury said in a statement.“The goal of sanctions is behavior change,” it said. “Today’s actions demonstrate our support for a transparent and prosperous Zimbabwe.
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