Jacob Zuma to lobby to end Zimbabwe sanctions

Zuma is meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday, the second day of his three-day state visit to Britain.

Zuma believes that the lifting of European Union sanctions will help the fragile coalition now running South Africa's troubled neighbor.

Zimbabwe's economy has improved since the coalition was formed last year, but the political differences between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai make the future uncertain.

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have fled their collapsed economy to look for work in South Africa — and that influx has caused tensions.

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