Dissident Christians face arrest in Zimbabwe *** HARARE, Zimbabwe - Dissident Christians opposed to their bishop for his support of the ruling party face arrest if they defy an order banning them from weekend services or church activities, their lawyer said Saturday. Bishop Nolbert Kunonga, head of the Anglican Church in Harare, won a court order banning 19 church wardens, officials and choir members after they disrupted his sermons to protest their political content and praise of President Robert Mugabe and his regime. ***
Zimbabwe: Mugabe snubbed at summit of southern Africa countries *** It was the second time the SADC has snubbed Mugabe whose increasingly unpopular and authoritarian government has backed the seizure of thousands of white-owned farms and clamped down on political opponents, the judiciary and the media. At a summit in Namibia last year, the SADC decided to make the chair of the group's defense body rotate on a yearly basis. Before that, Mugabe had been head of that body since 1999 and wanted to continue in perpetuity. ***