Zimbabweans hold prayer vigil at Embassy in London
By Tererai Karimakwenda
21 April, 2007

A prayer vigil at the Zimbabwean Embassy in London attracted over one hundred participants on Saturday including visiting officials from the Christian Alliance. The event was organised by the Zimbabwe Vigil group which has been conducting demonstrations there every Saturday for some years now.

Useni Sibanda, coordinator of the Christian Alliance in Zimbabwe told us they had been invited to share their experiences and ideas for the way forward. He said the freedom to organise such an event without police interference and brutality is part of what they are fighting for back home. Several leaders from the Alliance were arrested and tortured by police last September as they gathered for a prayer meeting at a church.

Sibanda explained that there is confusion on the part of the authorities in Zimbabwe about the role of the church. He said: “The church duty is primarily to deal with issues justice, issues of peace, issues of righteousness. That’s our duty as a church and we are conscious of that mission. We have to speak things as we feel God wants us to do.”