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EU, Zimbabwe Relations Sour over Dzamara Abduction, Poll Violence (VOA Zimbabwe)

May 22, 2015

From article: 

Human rights groups are pointing to the alleged rise of political violence in Hurungwe West ahead of the June 10 parliamentary by-election in the constituecy. The violence is allegedly state-sponsored.

In a sign that ties with Harare are strained, the lawmakers deplored the absence of a strong and enforceable human rights clause in the interim economic partnership agreement signed between harare and the EU to normalize ties after a 13 year hiatus.

Chief operating officer Todd Moss of the Centre for Global Development, a Washington based think tank, says the EU blundered in normalizing ties with Harare.

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