Sanctions are 'more deadly than warfare'

New African | May 1, 2007| | Copyright

Sanctions are having a debilitating effect on the Zimbabwean economy, writes Dr Gideon Gono, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (the central bank). "Economic sanctions unless carefully targeted have the capacity to kill more people than armed warfare," he says.

Sanctions in Zimbabwe and indeed any other country are a declaration of war on sovereign states and result in a barbaric siege against weak countries, targeting the vulnerable groups and civilians at large.

The economic warfare against poor defenceless countries often results in the cancellation of lifeline projects, humanitarian ...

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