U.S. leans on Zimbabwe over media, security laws - U.S. diplomat - ReutersNEW YORK - 27 September 2018: The United States is pressing Zimbabwe to change laws restricting media freedom and anti-government protests, the U.S.'s top diplomat for Africa told Reuters on Wednesday amid calls by the country's new leader for U.S. sanctions to be lifted. "The Zimbabweans absolutely understand exactly the U.S. point of view," said Tibor Nagy, who was recently sworn in as U.S. assistant secretary of state for Africa.The laws Nagy referred to include the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, which restrict media freedoms and bars foreign correspondents from working in Zimbabwe full time. "ETHIOPIA'S REFORMNagy said political and economic reforms in countries like Ethiopia and Angola were "prime examples" of how visionary leaders could transform countries and attract investor interest. If he comes in with too heavy a hand, then there is law enforcement brutality ... that the government has been systematically criticized for now for decades. "The government this month lifted a ban on opposition groups that were considered terrorist groups.

Source: Egypt Today September 26, 2018 21:11 UTC