The AU warns that the sanctions are undermining Zimbabwe's Vision 2030, SADC's regional integration targets, the AU's Agenda 2063, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The African Union Commission has renewed its call for the immediate and unconditional lifting of unilateral sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe.

But the bloc’s demand appears to be fighting the last war—most of the sweeping sanctions it condemns have quietly been lifted, scaled back, or shifted into different legal frameworks by Western powers.

In a statement, AUC Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed "extreme concern" over the negative impact of the sanctions on Zimbabwe’s socio-economic development.