The United States has softened its position on the sale of Zimbabwe’s diamonds, though it has not yet lifted sanctions on the country. It even agreed to have the Kimberley Process ban lifted at the plenary session in Jerusalem at the beginning of this month but this was thwarted by the Canadians who felt that they had not been consulted.
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Finance Minister Tendai Biti should keep his word and scrap the vote of credit in his 2011 budget because donors are not interested in Zimbabwe’s recovery. It would even be better to budget for a deficit as long as the expenditure is on infrastructure and not consumption.
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