Zimbabwe at the turn of the new Millennium has received widespread condemnation from the European Union (EU … developments on democracy and human rights. This was followed by the EU's imposition of sanctions on Zimbabwe and denigrating … and analyse the historicity and causes of this strain in relations between Zimbabwe and EU. It will also analyse the …

action and diplomatic persuasion) to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe citing misdeeds that the country was committing. Sanctions … as such were targeted at altering the behavior of Zimbabwe as an actor in international relations to more desirable state … considerable impact on Zimbabwe, the intended objectives were not achieved. The paper seeks in the final analysis to investigate …