EU renews sanctions on Zimbabwe

The European Union has renewed its sanctions against Zimbabwe for another 12 months.



According to the EU, the extension is due to a lack of progress in the implementation of the country\'s power-sharing deal.



The one-year-old unity government has failed to agree on political reforms or nominations to some key positions.



More than 200 people and 40 firms with links to President Robert Mugabe\'s Zanu-PF party are subject to sanctions because of accusations of rights abuse.



Last month, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had urged the easing of targeted sanctions, saying there ought to be a reward for Zimbabwe\'s progress so far.



However, since then there has been deadlock in talks between his Movement for Democratic Change party and Zanu-PF aimed at resolving key areas of the power-sharing deal.