at least 59 companies and more than 140 people, including president mnangagwa, have been sanction foreged rights abuses. the u.k. recently imposed punishments on four zimbabwe security officials over crackdowns on security officials in 2018 and 2019. they include embargo on sales of military equipment and a freeze on assets. the government says the financial measures are crippling the country's development, but critics blame government mismanagement and corruption. let's bring in our guests. from harare, obert gutu, former deputy minister of justice and legal affairs. from johannesburg, piers pigou, international crisis group senior consultant for southern africa. and also from harare, ibbo mandaza, director of the southern africa political economy series trust. thanks to you all for joining us today. appreciate your time here. in the past, you have apologized for being part of opposition party politicians in zimbabwe who repeatedly called on the west to impose and maintain sanctions on zimbabwe. why did you apologize? obert: yes. i had to apologize because i had deep introspection an

reports from mnangagwa in eastern afghanistan suggest armed men opened fire because they objected tos warned it will begin to expel foreign workers who aren't fully vaccinated against covid—19. the interior ministry says the expats have until december to receive the two injections. there are tens of thousands of foreign passport holders in egypt, the philippines, and elsewhere working injordan. russian workers have begun a non—a paid holiday as part of efforts to stem soaring coronavirus infections. the measures taken aback as the government reveals its worst daily covid figures of over 40,000 cases on saturday. russia's has europe's highest fatalities at nearly 450,000 deaths. three people have been killed by security forces in sudan following mass demonstrations. it follows a military coup there earlier this week. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets demanding the restoration of a civilian led government. 0ur senior african correspondent has this report. thousands of sudanese are on the streets in the capital and other cities. they chanted in praise of the revolution