HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Zimbabwe's Financial Gazette said children of high-ranking ZANU-PF officials will be included in the expanded U.S sanctions list.
U.S. government officials said that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice voiced her concerns with Zimbabwe during a meeting with South African president Thabo Mbeki at last week's United Nations General Assembly meeting. According to insiders, potential sanctions would include travel bans covering immediate family members.
In response Zimbabwe assembled a list of its critics who will be banned from traveling abroad.
The United States and the European Union imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe in 2000 following the divisive parliamentary polls that were marred by serious acts of violence.
"We are certainly not happy with what is going on in Zimbabwe. There's discussion to tighten the personal sanctions on the regime by including families members, especially children of ZANU-PF members that are in US colleges and universities," said a staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
