US terminates funding for Zimbabwe rights groups ahead of election

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The affected groups are the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association, Counselling Services Unit, a health clinic and Election Resource Centre.


Zimbabwean flag. Picture: Supplied.

JOHANNESBURG – The United States has terminated funding to three Zimbabwean human rights and pro-democracy groups three weeks before an election, a move that analysts say could undermine the credibility of the country’s first post-Mugabe vote.

A US embassy spokesman said the decision by USAID, Washington’s aid arm, to pull the plug followed a regular internal audit that uncovered…

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