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ZIMBABWE:
Africa Churches Council speaks out
Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA)
June 10,
205
NAIROBI -The
General Secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC),
Rev Dr Mvume Dandala has expressed concerns over the current events
taking place in Zimbabwe.
In a statement to CISA, Rev Dandala said that "information from
member churches, international media and the civil society groups,
indicates that more than 20 000 families in Hatcliff and other areas
in Zimbabwe have been made homeless".
Thousands of roadside vendors have been arrested, and their business
premises destroyed under the clean-up operation ordered by the Government
of Zimbabwe.
". . .[F]amilies are now exposed to untold harsh winter conditions;
they also lack water, shelter and food. Besides, many of these people
particularly women and children are now threatened with possibilities
of an outbreak of diseases," he said.
"Dr Dandala," the statement said, "urges the Churches in Zimbabwe,
the Civil Society Groups, the Citizens and the Government to once
again accept to reason together and solve these problems through
dialogue and peacefully. At times like this, he said, where the
air is filled with cries and desperation from citizens of Zimbabwe,
it is imperative that both the Opposition, the Government and the
Citizens give Peace and Dialogue a chance."
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