From Zimbabwe-
Zimbabwe's top Anglican bishop says that an excommunicated church leader close to the country's president has taken over an orphanage housing 80 children.
Bishop Chad Gandiya, leader of the mainstream Anglican group, says the breakaway leader also has seized mission schools and priests' homes on the church premises near Murewa, some 50 miles east of the capital, Harare.
The incident comes amid a report of economic unrest aimed at white-controlled companies in urban centers and mines. The Christian Science Monitor reported that youths affiliated with President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU PF party have adopted tactics similar to those used during the seizure of white-owned farms in the past decade.
In the church dispute, Bishop Nolbert Kunonga was excommunicated four years ago after he was accused of inciting violence in sermons supporting Mugabe's party. Kunonga, though, still has the protection of police loyal to Mugabe and already has taken over the main Harare cathedral and church bank accounts.
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