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  • 1 Sep 2011
    Anglican leader to seek meeting with Mugabe in Zimbabwe

    The Archbishop of Canterbury is planning to visit Zimbabwe in October as part of a wider trip to Africa and hopes to meet with President Robert Mugabe.

  • 22 Dec 2009
    Christian human rights activist documents Mugabe's tyranny

    A Catholic human rights activist who denounced the atrocities of white minority rule in the country then called Rhodesia, has charted the "descent to tyranny" of Zimbabwe's post-independence ruler Robert Mugabe.

  • 22 Apr 2009
    A presidential stranglehold on Zimbabwe

    While the world focuses on elections in South Africa, the terrible plight of people in Zimbabwe continues, says Oskar Wempter. He describes the stranglehold on the country and the impact on its starving population.

  • 7 Sep 2008
    Zimbabwe opposition issues fresh election challenge

    Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not be bullied into power sharing at any cost and has challenged President Robert Mugabe to hold new elections if he is not prepared to reach a genuine agreement.

  • 16 Jan 2008
    Archbishop of Canterbury condemns intimidation in Zimbabwe

    Lambeth Palace, HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has issued a strongly worded statement in response to media reports that a number of Anglican church services in Harare have been disrupted by Zimbabwean state officials.

  • 18 Jul 2007
    New call from Zimbabwean church leader for Mugabe to go

    The outspoken Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Pius Ncube, has urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to step down as the country faces deepening political and economic woes - and new reports of abuses come through.

  • 11 May 2007
    Zimbabwean Catholic bishops threatened by Mugabe

    Following up their critique of Robert Mugabe's regime in an outspoken pastoral letter, Zimbabwe's Catholic bishops are calling for a cricket boycott of the country. But the president is hitting back.

  • 8 Apr 2007
    Churches in Zimbabwe hear Easter call for liberation

    The strongly-worded condemnation of oppression and injustice issued by Zimbabwe’s Catholic bishops has been highlighted by the Pope in his traditional Easter message at St Peter’s Basilica.

  • 19 Feb 2007
    Zimbabwe militia clamp down on community organisation

    A community organisation supported by church and other partners has been forced to close its offices in Mbare, Zimbabwe, after being threatened by ruling party militia.