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US announces sanctions against son of Zimbabwean president

The first US-Africa Leaders Summit was held eight years ago, in 2014, under then-US President Barack Obama [File: Charles Dharapak/AP Photo]

The United States has announced sanctions against Emmerson Mnangagwa Jr, the son of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ahead of a summit of African leaders in Washington, DC.

The penalties against Mnangagwa Jr were laid out in a US Treasury Department press release on Monday, alongside sanctions for three other individuals and two entities.

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