From Zimbabwe-
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is in the eye of a storm after he accepted an honourary degree from a shadowy Anglican bishop in Ecuador as anti-genocide activists have launched a campaign to have it withdrawn.
Mugabe was supposed to fly to Quito, Ecudoran capital from New York where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly last month to receive the doctor of Civil Law degree but changed his plans at the last minute.
He flew back home last Sunday.
The veteran ruler who is already a holder of seven degrees mostly obtained during his time in jail was given the honorary doctorate in civil law by the Autonomous University in Quito.
Mugabe’s decision to postpone the trip to fetch the degree coincided with revelations that Bishop Walter Roberto Crespo had been implicated in gun running for Colombian rebels.
The Anglican Church of Harare said Crespo was also an unrecognised breakaway bishop.
While in Harare Crespo was the guest of Nolbert Kunonga, another renegade Anglican bishop with Zanu PF links.
But it has since emerged from close sources that Mugabe will travel to the South American country between next month and December.
His visit will be closely monitored by the United States-based Genocide Watch, which last week wrote to Crespo warning him against honouring a “world class criminal like Mugabe.”
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http://www.thestandard.co.zw/local/26791-storm-brews-over-mugabes-fake-degree.html
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