The European Union has renewed its sanctions against Zimbabwe for another 12 months. It said the extension was due to a lack of progress in the implementation of the country's power-sharing deal. More than 200 people and 40 firms with links to President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party are subject to sanctions because of accusations of rights abuse.Last month, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had urged the easing of targeted sanctions, telling there ought to be a reward for Zimbabwe's progress so far. But since then there has been deadlock in talks between his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party and Zanu-PF aimed at resolving key areas of the power-sharing deal.