By Dorrothy Moyo| The United States embassy has announced it has suspended some of the routine services it provides.

Papers seen by ZimEye show that this was after a sudden government shutdown in the US which has now resulted in the cutting of funding for some of the services. The full notice reads: Effective December 22, there has been a lapse in appropriations funding some parts of the U.S Government. All scheduled passport and and visa services at the U.S Embassy will continue, and emergency services for U.S citizens are still available. All other routine U.S Embassy services are suspended until funding resumes. The U.S Mission in Zimbabwe will not be not be updating its social media platforms during the lapse in appropriations.