From Zimbabwe-
Tens of thousands of Zimbabwe's Anglicans are being forced to worship in pubs, tents and private schools while their churches stand empty, shuttered by a controversial bishop loyal to President Robert Mugabe.
About 40 per cent of the country's Anglican churches are now in the hands of Nolbert Kunonga, who was unfrocked as Bishop of Harare in 2007 after he split from the Anglican province of Central Africa in protest at the introduction of homosexual priests.
When worshippers chose to follow the official church's newly-appointed Bishop of Harare, Chad Gandiya, they were chased out of Harare's cathedral and tear-gassed by police.
Many churches are now only unlocked for services for a handful of stalwarts of Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party. Followers of Mr Kunonga have torn down the cathedral's colonial artefacts, broken up pews bearing memorial plaques, taken over church buildings including a ten-storey city centre office block and rented out the Bishop's residence.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8407206/Zimbabwes-Anglicans-forced-to-worship-in-pubs.html
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