Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome in order to attend Pope John Paul II's funeral on Friday (8 April), despite EU travel restrictions banning him from entering the Union.
The measures were put in place in 2002, after EU observers were not allowed to watch over dubious Zimbabwean elections. They restrict the travel of 72 Zimbabwean government officials and people close to them, in retaliation for human rights abuses in the country.
However, the sanctions have a ...
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