But in an audio statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Harare, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said sanctions on Zimbabwes leadership were not hurting ordinary citizens.
Ariko mu byashyizwe ahagaragara  na Ambasade y’Amerika i Harare, Ambasaderi w’Amerika mu Muryango w’abibumbye Linda Thomas-Greenfield yavuze ko ibihano byahawe abayobozi ba Zimbabwe bitababaje gusa abaturage basanzwe.