The United States has blacklisted the chief of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization and a nephew of Robert Mugabe, the African state's president, the U.S. Treasury said on Wednesday.
In its statement, the U.S. Treasury said that Happyton Bonyongwe, Zimbabwe's intelligence chief, and Leo Mugabe, a nephew of President Mugabe, would be subjected to targeted American financial sanctions.
"The U.S. financial system is closed to Robert Mugabe, his cohorts and their businesses," said Treasury official Adam Szubin, who runs the department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
"Today's designations are part of an increased effort to pressure those who are aiding Mugabe's efforts to cripple Zimbabwe, including through violence and intimidation," Szubin said.
The latest U.S. sanction order also covers two businesses - ZIDCO Holdings and Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co., both entities were allegedly owned or controlled by "key components of the Mugabe regime" that have previously been put on the United States financial sanctions list.
Relations between the United States and Zimbabwe have soured in recent years, with Washington accusing Mugabe's government of rigging parliamentary and presidential elections since 2000.
Source: Xinhua
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