The European Union imposed travel and financial sanctions on then-Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and his allies in 2002, in response to reports of election-rigging and human rights. The U.S. followed suit with sanctions in 2003. 
Bungwe la European Union  anaika mokakamiza ziletso za mayendedwe ndi chuma pa mtsogoleri wa dziko la Zimbabwe wa nthawi imeneyo, a Robert Mugabe ndi ogwirizana nawo mu chaka cha 2002 potsatana ndi kubeledwa kwa zisankho komanso ma ufulu wa obadwa nawo. Mgwilizano wa mayikp pthedwa U.S onachita chimodzimodzi mu chaka cha 2003.