Land Reform Will Continue, President Says

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said the threat of sanctions would not deter his controversial land reform drive and warned white farmers against attacking militants illegally occupying their properties.

Mugabe accused the West of pushing for sanctions against him in a bid to protect the interest of whites, who he says own the bulk of Zimbabwe’s prime land as a result of colonialism.

The U.S. Senate last week approved and passed on to the House of Representatives the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act, threatening targeted sanctions unless Zimbabwe ends attacks on the opposition and protects the media and the judiciary.