Zimbabwe bishop (Nolbert Kunonga) banned from visiting U.S.Harare The Anglican bishop An Anglican Bishop is a bishop in the Anglican church, either in the British Isles or beyond. Anglican Bishops
Bishop Kunonga joins more than two dozen of the president's influential associates and supporters of President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF political party in being prohibited from visiting the United States because of their support for the president. President Mugabe has also been banned. The list, which includes high-level military and government officials, was leaked to the news media earlier this week. In addition to the entry prohibition, those listed will find their assets in the United States frozen. Immediate family members are also affected by the ban. The United States was working in consultation with the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , which was expected to name its own list of banned individuals, the British Guardian newspaper reported. Bishop Kunonga's pronouncements from the pulpit and elsewhere have divided Anglicans, many of whom see him as condoning violence committed by Zanu-PF supporters. In January, the bishop took over an inter-denominational prayer meeting and gospel concert in Harare and turned it into a forum for promoting the government's controversial land reform programme. Bishop Kunonga also endorsed President Mugabe in last month's presidential election and told guests at the president's inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. in March that the 78-year-old ruler was ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. by God to lead this southern African nation. He said the president's critics were "little voices shouting at a passing elephant." International and local observers called the Zimbabwe's presidential elections violent and fundamentally "flawed." Following the elections, Zimbabwe was suspended 54-membrt Commonwealth. Zimbabwe's minister for information and publicity, Jonathan Moyo Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo (born 12 January 1957) is a political figure in Zimbabwe. His father was an active ZAPU cadre and a community leader. Jonathan was raised by his mother, who was separated from his father early on. , dismissed the travel ban, saying it had "no substantive policy content beyond the racist hatred of Africans who are proud of their history, dignity, sovereignty and independence." But Pius Ncube Pius Alick Mvundla Ncube (born December 31, 1946) served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe until he resigned on September 11, 2007. Widely known for his human rights advocacy, Ncube is an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe. , the outspoken Roman Catholic archbishop of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, said the banning of Bishop Kunonga ia a warning to other church leaders. |
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