SADC equates Western sanctions against Zimbabwe to "modern-day atrocity"

GABORONE, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Wednesday equated the West's targeted economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe to a "modern-day atrocity."

It is now over 20 years since the imposition of the targeted sanctions, said Joao Lourenco, the president of Angola and chairperson of the SADC, in a statement released by the regional bloc's headquarters in Gaborone to mark t