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| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Bob gets church backing |
| 2003-02-20 |
| The C of E humiliates its remaining Christians again: The Anglican bishop of Harare, Norbert Kunonga, is facing increasing public confrontation with church leaders over his controversial support for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. A long-simmering row burst into the open again February 16 when prominent lawyer and Anglican chancellor of the Harare diocese, Bob Stumbles, publicly accused Kunonga of acting "contrary to the laws of the church" and of falsely accusing members of his congregation of plotting his assassination. Stumbles. Apt name for the guy. He'll no doubt be doing a lot of that when Bob's Green Brigades get some lead in him. For his part, Norb thinks Bob is the greatest thing since sliced dissidents: Kunonga, who is close to Mugabe, is condoning the violent seizure of white-owned farms by supporters of Mugabe's Zanu-PF political party. He is banned from travel in the United States under sanctions imposed on Mugabe and his closest associates. Oh dear Lord, it's fun to be an Anglican sometimes. |
| Posted by:Christopher Johnson |