Zimbabwe has offered to return land to foreign nationals whose farms were seized under a controversial government programme two decades ago.
Recall the farms were taken under a controversial land reform programme launched by former President Robert Mugabe.
BBC reported that thousands of white farmers were forced from their land, often violently, between 2000 and 2001.
The seizures were meant to redress colonial-era land grabs but contributed to the country’s economic decline and ruined relations with the West.
Meanwhile, a separate compensation scheme has been launched for local white farmers.
They have not been offered land, but the government last month promised them $3.5bn (£2.6bn) for seized infrastructure.
The US has said compensating farmers is one of the requirements for it to lift decades of economic sanctions.
Zimbabwe on Monday said foreign citizens who had their land seized could now apply to get it back.
Hundreds of Europeans – mostly Dutch, British and German nationals – whose investments were protected under international agreements could benefit from the offer, reports the BBC’s Shingai Nyoka from the capital, Harare.
