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Inside Story - Lifting sanctions: Mugabe's reward for reform

The European Union has eased sanctions against Zimbabwe. It has lifted travel and banking restrictions against a number of members of Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party. It's reward for progress over political reforms, and further encouragement for a country preparing for what's hoped to be free and fair elections. Zanu PF has dismissed the measure as 'outrageous and preposterous', arguing that the sanctions are illegal anyway. And rights groups accuse the EU of putting economic interests ahead of human rights. They’re worried about a deal done over Zimbabwe's diamond mines, which they say help keep Mugabe in power. Economic hardship and a series of disputed elections have been at the root of much of Zimbabwe's troubles.