State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed on Tuesday that the United States provided Zimbabwe with $220 million in aid in 2016 alone, citing “democratic governance” as one of the areas the U.S. has funded.
America has also provided significant food and health aid to the impoverished country, Nauert added. She did not provide details on these programs.
Nauert provided the fact in response to a question on whether Washington would change its relationship with Zimbabwe since the announcement that its longtime dictator, Robert Mugabe, had agreed to resign. The nation’s military intervened last week and placed the 93-year-old under house arrest, insisting that their call to remove his wife, Grace, as successor was not a coup d’etat.
Nauert stated that she was “not aware” of plans to change the U.S.-Zimbabwe relationship. “I can tell you that last year we provide $220 million or thereabouts in assistance to Zimbabwe,” she said. “That was for their health systems, food, nutrition, democratic governance, and others. I’m not sure if that number – or if that will change, but we’re certainly looking forward to the future for Zimbabwe.”
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